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Lasers in Medicine: Healing with Light
Published in Suzanne Amador Kane, Boris A. Gelman, Introduction to Physics in Modern Medicine, 2020
Suzanne Amador Kane, Boris A. Gelman
Some physicians have raised concerns that the genetic material of viruses in vaporized tissues might remain viable and lodge in a new location. This has now been proven for the papilloma virus associated with warts. Since this possibility represents a serious concern, adequate ventilation and careful suctioning of photovaporized tissue is routinely provided for during surgery.
Dicotyledons II
Published in Donald H. Les, Aquatic Dicotyledons of North America, 2017
Economic importance: food: The raw leaves and bruised foliage of C. palustris are known to contain helleborin, protoanemonin, and other volatile cardiotoxic poisons that can cause gastrointestinal disorders and inflammation of the mouth and throat. Simple contact with the leaves of the plants has caused skin blisters to develop in some persons. Nevertheless, the newly emerging leaves and stems of C. palustris have long been eaten as spring greens by people in New England and eastern Pennsylvania. The volatile toxins are expelled by cooking. Caltha foliage is rich in iron. The leaves (boiled with lard) and seeds of C. palustris were eaten by the Abnaki as vegetables. The Chippewa, Iroquois, Menominee, Mohegan, Ojibwa, and various native Alaskan tribes also cooked the leaves, stems, and roots (sometimes with pork) as a vegetable. Alaskan Eskimos ate the leaves and stalks either fresh or after boiling them in seal oil. The pickled flower buds of C. palustris have been eaten as a substitute for capers; medicinal: A poultice made from chewed plants of C. leptosepala was used by the Okanagon and Thompson tribes to treat inflamed wounds. Extracts of C. palustris exhibit moderate antioxidant activity. Juices from the plant have been applied to remove warts. The Chippewa used the plants as a diaphoretic (root decoction), diuretic (leaf decoction), expectorant (root decoction), and as a poultice of boiled and mashed (or powdered) roots to relieve sores. The Chippewa and Iroquois employed root decoctions as an emetic. The Western Eskimo tribes used leaf infusions to relieve constipation; cultivation:Caltha leptosepala and C. palustris (C. natans to a lesser degree) are important ornamental water garden plants. C. leptosepala is distributed as the cultivar ‘Grandiflora.’ Several double-flowered cultivars of C. palustris are in commerce, generally under the name ‘Flore Pleno’ (a Royal Horticulture Society Award of Garden Merit plant). Other cultivars of C. palustris include ‘Aeungold, ’ ‘Auenwald, ’ ‘Cannington Surprise, ’ ‘Charlie, ’ ‘Erlenbruch, ’ ‘Girls Eyes, ’ ‘Golden Monarch, ’ ‘Goldschale, ’ ‘Himalayan Snow, ’ ‘Honeydew, ’ ‘Marilyn, ’ ‘Monstrosa, ’ ‘Monstrosa Plena, ’ ‘Multiplex, ’ ‘Nana Plena, ’ ‘Pallida Plena, ’ ‘Plena, ’ ‘Plurisepala, ’ ‘Professor Maatsch, ’ ‘Purpurascens, ’ ‘Semiplena, ’ ‘Stagnalis, ’ ‘Susan, ’ ‘Tyermannii, ’ ‘Wheatfen, ’ and ‘Yellow Giant’; misc. products: The blossoms of C. palustris are used in winemaking and as the source of a yellow dye, which sometimes is used to dye butter; weeds: none; nonindigenous species: none.
Production of codon-optimized Human papillomavirus type 52 L1 virus-like particles in Pichia pastoris BG10 expression system
Published in Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, 2023
Kartika Sari Dewi, Sheila Chairunnisa, Sri Swasthikawati, Dian Fitria Agustiyanti, Apon Zainal Mustopa, Wien Kusharyoto, Ratih Asmana Ningrum
Human papillomavirus is the cause of various diseases related to cutaneous and mucosal epithelia, ranging from benign warts to invasive cancers.[1] HPV can be grouped into two types: low-risk and high-risk. The high-risk types are well-known for their association with cervical cancer and precursor lesions. High-risk HPV types include HPV16, 18, 31, 33, 34, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68, 70.[2] According to World Health Organization (WHO), the virulent high-risk genotypes cause about 95% of all invasive cervical cancer in the world.