Publications by authors named "Matthew Cahill"
The invasion of exotic, annual plant species is a leading contributor to ecological degradation in drylands globally, and the use of pre-emergent herbicide to control these species is common. Pre-emergent herbicides pose challenges for seed-based restoration due to toxicity to the seeds of desired species. Herbicide protection (HP) technologies pose a potential solution by using activated carbon seed treatments to protect desirable seeds from herbicide exposure.
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- Wilson disease is a genetic disorder linked to dysfunctional copper metabolism, leading to liver and neurological issues due to mutations in a specific gene.
- The variant NM_000053.3:c.1934T > G (Met645Arg) is common among patients of Spanish descent and is classified as pathogenic, but its actual impact on protein function was previously debated.
- Recent studies using a minigene system and gene-edited cells found that this variant causes significant exon skipping, confirming its pathogenicity and paving the way for potential genetic therapies.
No significant association between prenatal exposure poliovirus epidemics and psychosis.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry
June 2002
Objective: To examine the association between prenatal exposure to poliovirus infection and later development of schizophrenia or affective psychosis in a Southern Hemisphere psychiatric register.
Methods: We calculated rates of poliomyelitis cases per 10 000 background population and rates for schizophrenia(n = 6078) and affective psychosis (n = 3707)per 10 000 births for the period 1930-1964. Empirically weighted regression was used to measure the association between a given psychosis birth-rate and a poliomyelitis epidemic during gestation.