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A review of Bioinformatics training applied to research in Molecular Medicine, Agriculture and Biodiversity in Costa Rica and Central America
(Briefings in Bioinformatics, 14(5): 661-670, 2013-04-13)
Today, Bioinformatics has become a scientific discipline with great relevance for the Molecular Biosciences and for the Omics sciences in general. Although developed countries have progressed with large strides in ...
DNase activity in Costa Rican crotaline snake venoms: quantification of activity and identification of electrophoretic variants.
(1991)
DNase activity of Costa Rican crotaline snake venoms from the genera Bothrops, Crotalus and Lachesis was quantified by an enzymodiffusion method on agarose/DNA gels containing ethidium bromide. The reaction is detected as ...
Malnutrition-infection interactions in the tropics
(1975-07)
Mr. President Dr. Rozeboom, Officers and Members of the Society, ladies and gentlemen: I begin with a word of appreciation to Dr. Desowitz and Members of the Charles Franklin Craig Lectureship Committee for having invited ...
Recuperación del desnutrido severo en Costa Rica, mediante alimentacion hipercalórica
(Boletín Médico del Hospital Infantil de México 37(3), 483-497, 1980-05)
Este estudio fue realizado en niños desnutridos del Servicio de Medicina del Hospital Nacional de Niños (edad promedio de 7.5 meses, 55,2% del peso para edad y 4.3% del peso para talla). Los pacientes fueron tratados según ...
Biopiracy of natural products and good bioprospecting practice
(2016-02-15)
Background: Biopiracy mainly focuses on the use of biological resources and/or knowledge of indigenous
tribes or communities without allowing them to share the revenues generated out of economic exploitation
or other ...
Factor aglutinante de Rotavirus en calostro en mujeres costarricenses
(Rev. Méd. Hosp. Nal. Niño113(1): 45·52, 1978, 1978)
Estudios prospectivos en una comunidad indígena de Guatemala demostraron
la baja prevalencia de enfermedades infecciosas, especialmente de los
tractos gastrointestinal y respiratorio, en niños alimentados exclusivamente
al ...
In vivo and in vitro genetic evidence of involvement of neuregulin 1 in immune system dysregulation
(J Mol Med (Berl). 2010 November ; 88(11): 1133–1141, 2010-11)
Neuregulin 1 (NRG1) has been implicated in several disorders including breast cancer, multiple sclerosis, and schizophrenia. Also, recent evidence suggests that NRG1 may play a role in regulation of inflammation and immune ...
Purification and characterization of BaH4, a hemorrhagic metalloproteinase from the venom of the snake Bothrops asper
(2000-01)
A hemorrhagic metalloproteinase, named BaH4, was isolated from the venom of the snake Bothrops asper by a combination of ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sepharose and gel filtration on Sephacryl S-200. BaH4 is a 69 kDa ...
Environmental determinants and origins of malnutrition
(1977)
The characterization of protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM) more than 30
years ago led to its recognition as a scourge of underdeveloped societies (1).
For more than two decades, however, PCM was considered a medical ...
Nutrition and health in societies in transition
(In: Nutrition in Transition: Proceedings of the Western Hemisphere Nutrition Congress V, Quebec 1977, edited by Philip L. White and Nancy Selvey. (Chicago) American Medical Association, 1978, pp. 351-358, 1978-02-01)
One often hears the expression that a country or society is "in transition," but there is not a clear definition of such, nor is there an effort to quantitate or characterize the level of transition undergone by a given ...