Trypanosoma congolense is a major causative agent of the bovine disease trypanosomosis which has a considerable economic impact on sub-Saharan Africa. Current control methods for trypanosomosis are unsatisfactory and ...

The work presented here represents research done on mycotoxins and plant toxins by the author and his postgraduate students over a period from 1964 to date. The first phase, which ends at 1980, mainly addresses the ...

African horse sickness (AHS) is a viral disease that afflicts all equine species and has a 90% mortality rate in unvaccinated horses. The disease has a devastating effect on the national herd of South Africa each year ...

The factors affecting the accumulation of nitrate in kikuyu grass pastures and the effect of elevated nitrate levels upon digestion in the ruminant were investigated. A high potassium level in the soil seems to be the ...

The need for the improvement in protocols for cellular gene delivery has propelled cytofectin based liposomes as suitable non-viral gene carriers. The amenability of cationic liposomes to modification enables research based ...

Evidence is presented for DNA delivery to cultured HepG2 hepatoma cells via the endocytotic pathway, under the direction of insulin, in a soluble system of transfection leading to stable gene expression. Serum albumin ...

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Diabetes mellitus results in chronic hyperglycaemia, leading to defects in carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism. Diabetes mellitus is also linked with elevated plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels, which may ...

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Amylin is a 37 amino acid long peptide that aggregates into toxic oligomers and fibrils. Since amylin is secreted by and also acts on pancreatic beta cells, type II diabetes is classified as an amyloidogenic disease. This ...