[Effect of citrate, tartrate, succinate and phosphate ions on the penetration of phosphorus-labelled anions into erythrocytes].

Membrane permeability for different ions may successfully be evaluated under conditions of ionic equilibrium, which provides osmotic equilibrium in the cell and steadiness of its volume. The present investigation was promoted on red cells of experimental animals under conditions of ionic equilibrium, using P32 with up to 30 microCi activity. Unidirectional penetration of ions in the red cells was studied.

[Biotension of the corneal tissue preserved in a nutrient medium for tissue cultures at 4 degrees C].

The biotension generated by cells and tissues is connected quite well with the intensity of the metabolic processes in them and in seems that it is affected considerably by a series of external factors-temperature, salt content ect. For the purposes of transplantation in the present investigation the authors examined the effect of the nutritive medium for tissue cultures T-199 on the investigated biotension of the corneal tissue during the period of its preservation. They carried out studies on 335 corneas and the results were estimated statistically.