Abstracts and Posters from the 22nd February 2008 meeting in Hertfordshire, UK Chair: Professor George Salmond, University of Cambridge, UK Editors: Dr Nicholas Warrick and Dr Shara Cohen Bacteriophages (phages) are obligate molecular parasites of their hosts, the bacteria and they are, arguably, the most abundant biological entities on Earth. Many years of basic research on the nature of [...]
When you read articles on how to boost your immune system, do you wonder what it is going on behind the scenes – what you are actually boosting? • What does your immune system actually do and how does it do it? • Why should you boost your immune system? Using non-scientific and non-medical terms, [...]
Proceedings from the 23rd March 2007 meeting in Hertfordshire, UK “Nitric oxide (NO), generated by the enzyme nitric oxide synthase (NOS) plays a key role in a diverse range of physiological and pathophysiological conditions within the cardiovascular, immune, reproductive and nervous systems. Since NO is a small, diffusible, highly reactive free radical with a short [...]
