CLONING, EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION OF HEMAGGLUTININ CONSERVED DOMAIN (HA2) OF INFLUENZA A VIRUS, TO BE USED IN BROAD-SPECTRUM SUBUNIT VACCINE COCKTAILS

Cloning, expression and purification of hemagglutinin conserved domain (HA2) of influenza A virus, to be used in broad-spectrum subunit vaccine cocktails

Introduction: Influenza virus has several conserved peptides which have the capacity to Traction - Upper Extremity be used as suitable candidates for appropriate and stable vaccine production against different types of influenza viruses.One of these peptides is HA2, the hemagglutinin stalk domain which mediates the membrane fusion and is conserved

read more

Global-Local combined features to detect pain intensity from facial expression images with attention mechanism

The estimation of pain Eyes intensity is critical for medical diagnosis and treatment of patients.With the development of image monitoring technology and artificial intelligence, automatic pain assessment based on facial expression and behavioral analysis shows a potential value in clinical applications.This paper reports a framework of convolution

read more

Autologous cord blood harvesting in North Eastern Italy: ethical questions and emerging hopes for curing diabetes and celiac disease

Sergio Parco, Fulvia VascottoInstitute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, ItalyBackground: The Friuli Venezia Giulia (FVG), a region of North Eastern Italy, has passed legislation (Decree No 2324/2010) to regulate the banking of umbilical cord blood samples for personal, autologous, or family-directed use, and to implemen

read more


Evaluation of a new combined Western and line blot assay (EUROLINE-WB) for diagnosis and species identification of Echinococcus infection in humans

Serological detection of echinococcosis is crucial for diagnosis and management.We evaluated the new blot assay Euroline-WB (ELB, Euroimmun) which consists of a Western blot with vesicle antigens and a Bento line blot part with recombinant antigens from (, genus-specific EgAgB) and (species-specific Em18 and Em95), in comparison to a commercial Wes

read more