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Plants (Basel)
July 2023
Plant Gene Resources of Canada, Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada.
This Special Issue of is dedicated to the eminent scientist Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov (1887-1943) in remembrance of his 135th birthday on 25 November 1887 [...
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December 2022
Plant Gene Resources of Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada.
In this review we examine Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov's relationship to Scandinavia and the impact he and his ideas have had on Scandinavia. We trace the historical connections from Vavilov back to 18th century scientists, such as Carl Von Linneaus (Sweden) and 19th century European scientists such as Alphonse de Candolle (Switzerland), Henry de Vilmorin (France), and William Bateson (England). Vavilov has influenced the conservation work in Scandinavia resulting amongst other in the establishment of the Nordic Gene Bank in 1979 and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault which started operating in 2008.
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September 2022
Research Institute of Experimental Diagnostics and Therapy of Tumors of N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Centre of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia, 23 Kashirskoe Shosse, 115478 Moscow, Russia.
Despite the achievements that have increased viability after the transplantation of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cells (aHSCT), chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) remains the main cause of late complications and post-transplant deaths. At the moment, therapy alternatives demonstrate limited effectiveness in steroid-refractory illness; in addition, we have no reliable data on the mechanism of this condition. The lack of drugs of choice for the treatment of GVHD underscores the significance of the design of new therapies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Hist Neurosci
July 2022
Institute of Social Science, The I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
Russian surgeon Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (Pirogoff; 1810-1881) introduced the teaching of applied topographical anatomy in Russia. Pirogov's monumental four-part atlas, (), colloquially known as the "," was published in Latin in the 1850s. Pirogov sought to investigate "the normal and pathological positions of different organs and body parts using sections made in the three principal directions [anatomical planes] … throughout all regions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWiad Lek
April 2021
UKRAINIAN MEDICAL STOMATOLOGICAL ACADEMY, POLTAVA, UKRAINE.
Objective: The aim: Was to analyze the scientific and pedagogical heritage of N.I. Pirogov through the prism of his outstanding polymathic abilities.
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