A CASE SERIES OF SURVIVAL OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED-STAGE IIIB/IV NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER TREATED WITH HANGAM-PLUS

A Case Series of Survival Outcomes in Patients with Advanced-stage IIIb/IV Non-small-cell Lung Cancer Treated with HangAm-Plus

Background and Objectives: Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) represents approximately 80% of all lung cancers.Unfortunately, at their time of diagnosis, most patients have advanced to unresectable disease with a very poor prognosis.The oriental herbal medicine HangAm-Plus (HAP) has been developed for antitumor purposes, and several previous studie

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You are what you eat: fungal metabolites and host plant affect the susceptibility of diamondback moth to entomopathogenic fungi

Background Beauveria are entomopathogenic fungi of a broad Barstool range of arthropod pests.Many strains of Beauveria have been developed and marketed as biopesticides.Beauveria species are well-suited as the active ingredient within biopesticides because of their ease of mass production, ability to kill a wide range of pest species, consistency i

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Incidence and types of HIV-1 drug resistance mutation among patients failing first-line antiretroviral therapy

Objective: This study aims to investigate the prevalence and types of drug resistance mutations among patients failing first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART).Methods: Plasma samples from 112 patients with human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) were collected for virus RNA Rhodiola extract and gene amplification.The mutations related to drug resist

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The gelatin-based liquid marbles for cell cryopreservation

As an alternative and a straightforward cryopreservation biotechnological tool, liquid marble provides a promising cryopreservation approach.Currently, effective cell preservation mainly based on the addition of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and fetal bovine serum (FBS).As state-of-the-art cryoprotectant (CPA), DMSO, has intrinsic toxicity, which is th

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