Muscular dystrophies: diseases of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex

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One form of muscular dystrophy, Duchenne MD, had been known to be caused by a defective gene that produces the protein dystrophin. Now other forms of MD have been linked to other proteins in the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex, which connects the inner cytoskeleton with the extracellular matrix.

Glycoproteins, Muscular dystrophy, Dystrophin

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Global climate and infectious disease: the cholera paradigm

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Cholera is an excellent model for research on how environmental factors affect infectious diseases. Integrating spatial, epidemiological and ecological data on cholera could lead to predictive models of cholera epidemics. A survey of the history of cholera pandemics is given.

Health aspects, Environmental aspects, Communicable diseases, Cholera, Climatic changes, Climate change, Epidemics

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Ulcers as infectious diseases

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Research evidence indicates that the Helicobacter pylori bacteria is the cause of ulcers, not excess acid secretion. Recurrence of ulcers in patients treated with antibiotics was significantly lower than in patients treated with drugs that suppress stomach-acid secretion.

Causes of, Ulcers, Discovery and exploration, Bacterial infections, Helicobacter pylori

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