The 80+ existing autoimmune ASCORBIC ACID disorders (ADs) affect billions with little prevention or treatment options, except for temporary symptomatic management, leading to enormous human suffering and a monumental financial burden.The autoantibodies formed in most ADs have been identified, allowing the development of novel anti-idiotypic antibod
Abstract Background Opioid use disorder (OUD) and deaths related to the chronic use of opioids have increased significantly over the last two decades.Chronic consumption of opioids has been documented in many patients with traumatic injuries.Preliminary research findings have shown that interventions using cognitive-behavioral strategies were a pro
Aspects of innate immunity derive from characteristics inherent to phagocytes, including chemotaxis toward and engulfment of unicellular organisms or cell debris.Ligand chemotaxis has been biochemically investigated using mammalian and model systems, but precision of chemotaxis towards ligands being actively secreted by live bacteria is not well st
The author has studied the current state of the regulatory base on the prevention of the occurrence and spread of the COVID-19coronavirus disease in Ukraine and the practice of its application by authorized entities for the implementation of state policy in the field of health care and the protection of the rights and freedoms of citizens.The syste
Using 15 years of data from a stable population of wild Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber), we examine how annual and lifetime access to food resources affect individual age-related changes in reproduction and somatic condition.We found an age-related decline in annual maternal reproductive output, after a peak at age 5-6.Rainfall, an established nega