HIV reduces bone mineral density, mineralization, and turnover and may impair fracture healing.

This prospective cohort study in South Africa investigated whether HIV infection was associated with impaired fracture healing after trauma.

All adults with acute tibia and femur fractures who underwent intermedullary (IM) nailing for…[Read more]

g. maturity index) were monitored over a period of 8-10 weeks. The response of the nematode communities strongly varied between soil types, and these differences were more pronounced for Zn than for pyrene. Interestingly, the structure of the respective native nematode communities was shown to play a larger role for explaining the varying toxic…[Read more]

To validate this approach, we first confirmed an assay specificity of >88% and a low limit of detection of 0.3 ng/mL in the spiked buffer. Subsequently, we performed a dilution series of an iTTP plasma sample for the multiplex detection of the three isotypes with higher sensitivity compared to an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Finally, we…[Read more]