Using pneumovaginoscopy to perform the removal of a vaginal fibroid.

Objective: To describe and assess the feasibility of a novel surgical technique (pneumovaginoscopy) for performing vaginal surgery.

Design: Video of a single surgical procedure.

Setting: A university hospital.

Validation of a modified method for Bxb1 mycobacteriophage integrase-mediated recombination in Plasmodium falciparum by localization of the H-protein of the glycine cleavage complex to the mitochondrion.

The glycine cleavage complex (GCV) is a potential source of the one carbon donor 5,10-methylene-tetrahydrofolate (5,10-CH(2)-THF) in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. One carbon (C1) donor units are necessary for amino acid and nucleotide biosynthesis, and for the initiation of mitochondrial and plastid translation. In other organisms, GCV activity is closely coordinated with the activity of serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT) enzymes.

[Appreciation of the role of regional anaesthesia in managing facial wounds in the emergency unit].

Objective: Defining the place of regional anaesthesia (RA) for facial wounds in an emergency department.

Study Design: Prospective observational study conducted in the emergency department of a regional hospital.

Patients And Methods: Two hundred and forty-six successive patients with one or more facial wounds were included from 1st august 2004 to 31st december 2004.

Type I and type II fatty acid biosynthesis in Eimeria tenella: enoyl reductase activity and structure.

Apicomplexan parasites of the genus Eimeria are the major causative agent of avian coccidiosis, leading to high economic losses in the poultry industry. Recent results show that Eimeria tenella harbours an apicoplast organelle, and that a key biosynthetic enzyme, enoyl reductase, is located in this organelle. In related parasites, enoyl reductase is one component of a type II fatty acid synthase (FAS) and has proven to be an attractive target for antimicrobial compounds.