Light-activated phosphorylation of cephalopod rhodopsin.
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In 1975/76 the risk of hepatitis from human clotting preparations (fibrinogen, prothrombin complex) prepared from pooled plasma was studied prospectively in patients who had undergone open-heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. Of 247 patients 25 (10%) developed hepatitis postoperatively, while of 17 recipients of plasma-fraction concentrates 12 developed hepatitis (71%). Even taking into account other potential risk factors this rate of hepatitis is statistically significant. It demonstrates that even with the most modern screening methods it is not possible to produce clotting preparations from "large pool" human plasma which is free of hepatitis risk, unless additional virus-inactivating measures are taken.
In an unselected group of patients undergoing a wide variety of cardiovascular operations, the possibilities of long-term preoperative autologous blood collection combined with oxygenator hemodilution were examined. The mean number of preoperative donations was 2.5 units of blood. It was 50 p.c. higher in men than in women. One third of the men, but no female patient, collected 4-5 units of autologous blood, thus equalling the mean calculated blood requirements. Short- or long-term disavantages of the donations were not seen. --The total amount of homologous blood required could be diminished by 50 p.c., in atrial septal defects even by 70 p.c. The percentage of patients without homologous blood increased from 3 to 25 p.c. of the total material, but in atrial septal defects from 13 to 67. Further improvements of these values may be expected from an earlier entry into the program of autologous donations and, correspondingly, by an earlier iron substitution. Only thus, without special methods of storage, roughly calculated one half of all cardiovascular surgical patients may come through without homologous blood. In view of the risks of homologous blood transfusion, already now no atrial septal defect and, with limitations, no valve replacement should come to surgery without adequate autologous blood collection.
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Salmonella phage P22 has been used in the construction of three sorts of specialized transducing phage: P22 proAB, P22 proABlac and P22 argF. The bacterial genes carried are derived from E. coli K12. Since E. coli and Salmonella chromosomes recombine very poorly, E. coli genes cannot be transduced into Salmonella recipients by P22's generalized transduction mechanism. Therefore, stable inheritance of E. coli material provides a means of detecting specialized transduction. Formation of these phages was possible because the P22 prophage recognizes an attachment site in the E. coli F' prolac episome. Salmonella strains carrying the F' prolac episome can be lysogenized by P22 so as to leave the prophage inserted into the E. coli material of the F' factor. Improper prophage excision can then lead to formation of P22 specialized phages carrying E. coli genetic material.
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