Clofazimine enhances anti-glioma effect of immunotherapy.

Rationale: Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive human brain tumors. The prognosis is unfavorable and treatment effects are relatively low. However, temozolomide (TMZ) chemotherapy may prolong patients' survival.

Pulmonotoxic xenobiotics and methods of their determination in ambient air of nuclear power plant equipment.

Objective: Aim: To identify appropriate methods for determining the content of radioactive and non-radioactive pulmotoxic xenobiotics in the ambient air of NPP equipment to ensure its reliability, radiation and environmental safety, as well as to reduce the risks of occupational pathologies for workers and protect people's health.

Patients And Methods: Materials and Methods: Analytical methods of analysis of modern methods of determining the content of radioactive and non-radioactive pulmonary toxic xenobiotics in the ambient air of NPP equipment.

Conclusion: Conclusions: a) during operation of NPP equipment, pulmotoxic xenobiotics enter the surrounding air, which can then enter the human respiratory system in the form of radioactive or non-radioactive substances; b) signif i cant methods of determining the content of pulmotoxic xenobiotics in the air are: gas chroma-tography; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; liquid scintillation; photometric, ionometric, polarographic, titrometric, turbidimetric, atomic absorption, radiometric and γ-spectrometric measurements; c) radioactive pulmonotoxic xenobiotics cause radiation pathologies in the respiratory organs as a result of internal radioactive irradiation of the body; d) the effects of non-radioactive pulmotoxic xenobiotics are accompanied by irritation and inf l ammatory processes in the respiratory organs, as well as toxic swelling of the lungs; е) there is a connection between the presence of pulmotoxic xenobiotics in the air and the course of human respiratory diseases as a result of breathing such air.

Correlations and Variations Between the Major Biochemical Parameters of the Blood of Hybrid Swine.

In modern animal husbandry, increasing attention is given to mathematical modeling and statistical methods, especially for evaluating commercial hybrids. Our aim was to evaluate the phenotypic and genetic variability of biochemical parameters of blood serum of the 56 hybrid boars (Large White × Landrace × Duroc) raised in feeding stations (Russia) through mathematical modeling. The particular variances and covariances of traits were calculated using the limited maximum likelihood model and the REMLF90 programs.

Valproic Acid and Celecoxib Enhance the Effect of Temozolomide on Glioblastoma Cells.

Introduction: Glioblastoma (GB) is one of the deadliest human brain tumors. The prognosis is unfavorable, chemotherapy with temozolomide (TMZ) may extend the survival period for a patient. The paper aims to evaluate the survival rates among relapsing GB patients, who have been treated with valproic acid (VPA), and to study its effect on tumor cells when combined with TMZ and celecoxib (CXB).

Complete genome of the Listeria monocytogenes strain AUF, used as a live listeriosis veterinary vaccine.

Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) is a highly pathogenic bacterium that can cause listeriosis, a relatively rare food-borne infectious disease that affects farm, domestic, wild animals and humans as well. The infected livestock is the frequent sources of Lm. Vaccination is one of the methods of controlling listeriosis in target farm animals to prevent Lm-associated food contamination.