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Panamanian Start-ups that Propel Research and Higher Learning
(2018-10-22)
The Republic of Panama can boast of a steadily rising GDP with among the highest economic growth rates in the region, an expanding international services sector, robust financial and banking systems, and relative political ...
Antimicrobial-producing Pseudoalteromonas from the marine environment of Panama shows a high phylogenetic diversity and clonal structure
(2018-06-02)
Pseudoalteromonas is a genus of marine bacteria often found in association with other organisms. Although several studies have examined Pseudoalteromonas diversity and their antimicrobial activity, its diversity in tropical ...
An Inducible Alpha-Synuclein Expressing Neuronal Cell Line Model for Parkinson’s Disease
(2018-11-08)
Altered expression of α-synuclein is linked to Parkinson’s disease (PD). A major challenge to explore how the increased α-synuclein affect neurotoxicity is the lack of a suitable human neuronal cell model that mimics this ...
The global burden of tuberculosis: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
(2018-03-01)
Background The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are grounded in the global ambition of “leaving no one behind”. Understanding today’s gains and gaps for the health-related SDGs is essential for decision makers as ...
Diversity and Allelopathic Potential of Weeds among Panamanian Coffee Crops
(2018-08-22)
Worldwide, coffee is one of the most highly consumed and produced crops. Coffee production is a significant activity in the Panamanian economy, mainly in rural communities and among indigenous groups in the Chiriquí ...
Global variation in bacterial strains that cause tuberculosis disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(2018-10-30)
Background: The host, microbial, and environmental factors that contribute to variation in tuberculosis (TB) disease are incompletely understood. Accumulating evidence suggests that one driver of geographic variation in ...
A Marine Diterpenoid Modulates the Proteasome Activity in Murine Macrophages Stimulated with LPS
(2018-10-05)
he proteasome is an intracellular complex that degrades damaged or unfolded proteins and participates in the regulation of several processes. The immunoproteasome is a specialized form that is expressed in response to ...
Both B-1a and B-1b cells exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipids differentiate into IgM antibody-secreting cells
(2018-02-08)
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The cellular immune response to mycobacteria has been characterized extensively, but the antibody response remains underexplored. The present study ...
α-Glucosidase Inhibitor Isolated from Blechum pyramidatum
(2018-02-28)
Blechum pyramidatum (Lam.) Urb. is a species of extensive medicinal use in the American continent. In fact, antidiabetic and anticancer preparations from this plant have been patented in Mexico, even though their active ...
Factores asociados al no uso de métodos anticonceptivos durante el puerperio, hospital Víctor Ramos Guardia-Huaraz, 2017
(2018-01-01)
Se planteó el siguiente problema: Cuáles son los factores asociados al no uso de métodos anticonceptivos durante el puerperio, Hospital Víctor Ramos Guardia - Huaraz, 2017 Con el objetivo general de determinar los factores ...