Infectious diseases, and

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In conclusion, the penicillin class of compounds continues to be actively studied by the scientific community. While the penicillins are an important part of the physician s armamentarium against infectious disease and will remain so for a considerable time, there is increasing emphasis on the study and use of fermentable penicillins as starting materials for the production of other /3-lactam antibiotics, leading to a wealth of heterocyclic chemistry. 

In sum, RNAi clearly has the potential to change the nucleic-based therapies for cancer, infectious diseases, and many other diseases. However, the universality of this approach, the types of genes that can be silenced using these strategies in human cells, remain unknown to date. 

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Vaccination to induce an adaptive immune response is expected for a broad range of infectious diseases and cancers. Traditional vaccines are mainly composed of live attenuated viruses, whole inactivated pathogens, or inactivated bacterial toxins. In general, these approaches have been successful for developing vaccines that can induce an immune response based on antigen-specific antibody and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses, which kill host cells infected with intracellular organisms (Fig. 1) [1,2], One of the most important current issues in vaccinology is the need for new adjuvants (immunostimulants) and delivery systems. Many of the vaccines currently in development are based on purified subunits, recombinant... 

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Lindler, Luther E., Frank J. Lebeda, and George W. Korch, eds. Biological Weapons Defense Infectious Diseases and Counterbioterrorism. Totowa, NJ Humana Press, Inc., 2005. 

Polyclonal antibody preparations have been used for several decades to induce passive immunization against infectious diseases and other harmful agents, particularly toxins. The antibody preparations are usually administered by direct i.v. injection. While this affords immediate immunological protection, its effect is transitory, usually persisting for only 2-3 weeks (i.e. until the antibodies are excreted). Passive immunization can be used prophylactically (i.e. to prevent a future medical episode) or therapeutically (i.e. to treat a medical condition that is already established). An example of the former would be prior administration of a specific anti-snake toxin antibody preparation to an individual before they travel to a world region in which these snakes are commonly found. An example of the latter would be administration of the anti-venom antibody immediately after the individual has experienced a snake bite. 

Moreover,bioactive lipids maybe considered dual messengers they modulate cell functions as messengers and they become part of the response of the nervous tissue to injury, broadly referred to as the inflammatory response. This response occurs in ischemia-reperfusion damage associated with stroke, various forms of neurotrauma, infectious diseases and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer s disease. Inflammation in the nervous system differs from that in other tissues. If the blood-brain barrier is broken, blood-borne inflammatory cells (e.g. polymorphonuclear leukocytes, monocytes, macrophages) invade the intercellular space and glial cells are activated, particularly microglia, which play a prominent role in the inflammatory response. These responses may... 

Reliable information on the epidemiology, disease severity, and effect on public health is essential to sustain the need for a vaccine. The authorities must develop the policy to prevent infectious diseases and in the same time countermeasures against effects of biological weapons attack. 

Developments in biotechnology have created the promise of prevention for many more infectious diseases and chronic diseases and build the confidence in acquiring new effective measures against biological warfare agents. 

Penicillin, the first (3-lactam antibiotic, marked the beginning of a revolutionary period of successful treatment of infectious disease and, in many respects, the beginning of the modern pharmaceutical industry. With more than 6 decades of history, the (3-lactam core remains an important antibacterial pharmacophore. 

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