UNEXPECTED ENHANCEMENT OF ANTIMICROBIAL POLYMER ACTIVITY AGAINST STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN THE PRESENCE OF FETAL BOVINE SERUM

Unexpected Enhancement of Antimicrobial Polymer Activity against Staphylococcus aureus in the Presence of Fetal Bovine Serum

Cationic and amphiphilic polymers are known sten jacket m to exert broad-spectrum antibacterial activity by a putative mechanism of membrane disruption.Typically, nonspecific binding to hydrophobic components of the complex biological milieu, such as globular proteins, is considered a deterrent to the successful application of such polymers.To eval

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A first record of the Smallfin Gulper Shark Centrophorus moluccensis Bleeker, 1860 (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Centrophoridae) from the Andaman & Nicobar waters, Indian EEZ

The Smallfin Gulper Shark Centrophorus moluccensis is reported for the first time from the Andaman & Nicobar waters of the Indian EEZ.A male specimen of 785mm total length underwater treasures sunken medallion and weighing 2.34kg was landed by a motorized longliner at Burmanallah, South Andaman District.The specimen was caught off Chidiyatapu, Sout

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Recurrent Episodes of Paraphilic Behavior Possibly Associated With Olanzapine and Aripiprazole Treatment in a Patient With Schizophrenia

BackgroundHypersexual and paraphilic disorders have been frequently associated with concomitant psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia.A growing number of published cases has recently indicated that hypersexual behavior may also arise in conjunction with treatment with second-generation antipsychotics.Although hypersexuality has been acknow

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