Global progress on meeting family planning needs is threatened by worsening, intersecting crises. We call on global, national, and local partners to strengthen emergency preparedness to facilitate continuous family planning services, no matter when or where they are needed, to support sexual and reproductive health.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAcute intermittent porphyria is an inherited error of heme synthesis. The underlying pathophysiology, involving mainly hepatic heme synthesis, is poorly understood despite its occurrence, and the severity of acute porphyria attack is still difficult to control. A better understanding of the interactions between heme synthesis and global metabolism would improve the management of AIP patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFErythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is a rare metabolic disease of the heme biosynthetic pathway where an enzymatic dysfunction results in protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) accumulation in erythroid cells. The porphyrins are photo-reactive and are responsible for severe photosensitivity in patients, thus drastically decreasing their quality of life. The liver eliminates PPIX and as such, the main and rare complication of EPP is progressive cholestatic liver disease, which can lead to liver failure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIt has been discovered that plant pathogens produce effectors that spread via plasmodesmata (PD) to allow modulation of host processes in distal uninfected cells. f. sp.
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