ETHICAL AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF APPROACHING DEATH PREDICTION IN HUMANS - WHEN THE BIOLOGY OF AGEING MEETS EXISTENTIAL ISSUES

Ethical and social implications of approaching death prediction in humans - when the biology of ageing meets existential issues

Abstract Background The discovery of biomarkers of ageing has led to the development of predictors of impending natural death and has paved the way for personalised estimation of the risk of death in the general population.This study intends to identify the ethical resources available to approach the idea of a long-lasting dying process and conside

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Microscopic Approaches to Decomposition and Burning Processes of a Micro Plastic Resin Particle under Abrupt Heating

To elucidate the possibility and availability of thermal recycling of waste plastic resin from a basic and microscopic viewpoint, a Ginkgo series of abrupt heating processes of a spherical micro plastic particle having a diameter of about 200 μm is observed, when it is abruptly exposed to hot oxidizing combustion gas.Three ingenious devices are

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Plasmodium falciparum-mediated induction of human CD25Foxp3 CD4 T cells is independent of direct TCR stimulation and requires IL-2, IL-10 and TGFbeta.

CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) regulatory T cells (Tregs) regulate disease-associated immunity and excessive inflammatory responses, and numbers of CD4(+)CD25(+)Foxp3(+) Tregs are increased during malaria infection.The mechanisms governing their generation, however, remain to be elucidated.In this study we investigated the role of commonly accepted Grommets

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