Cutaneous metastasis from carcinoma of lung.

A 65-year-old male with a history of smoking since 30 years presented with breathlessness, hemoptysis, multiple swellings all over the body, and weakness in September 2010 at our hospital. Clinically, a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with cutaneous lymphoma or soft tissue tumor was made. Chest X-ray (CXR) and computed tomography (CT) scan revealed a neoplastic lesion in the right lung with secondary cavitation.

Ethnobotanical, phytochemical and pharmacological review of Mimusops elengi Linn.

Mimusops elengi is Indian native plant and is used for a long time in the history of the medicine. Plant was well studied in majority of the world because of its high potential medicinal value. Traditionally all different part of this plant, namely leaf, root, fruit, seed, bark and flower are used to cure various kinds of disorders.

Quantum dot labeling and imaging of glial fibrillary acidic protein intermediate filaments and gliosis in the rat neural retina and dissociated astrocytes.

The use of antibody and peptide functionalized semiconductor quantum dots holds considerable potential for specific labeling of target antigens and high resolution optical imaging of biological preparations. Despite this potential, their use in neuroscience is not yet widespread; a number of technical and methodological challenges must still be overcome in order to produce reliable and reproducible labeling protocols. We have optimized and used anti-GFAP functionalized quantum dots for specific labeling of intermediate filaments in astrocyte and Müller glial cells in sections of intact rat neural sensory retina and dissociated primary spinal cord astrocytes.

Merkel cell carcinoma: a case report.

Merkel cell carcinoma is an uncommon, highly malignant, primary cutaneous neuroendocrine tumour mostly occurring as a solitary nodule on the head or on the extremities. It has high recurrence rate. We hereby report a case of Merkel cell carcinoma in a young woman.

Characterization of the functional binding properties of antibody conjugated quantum dots.

Antibody conjugated quantum dots are an emerging technology for high-resolution labeling of biological systems. In this work we determined the number of functional antibodies (i.e.