Pathogenic bacteriaPathogenic bacteria are bacteria that can cause disease. This article focuses on the bacteria that are pathogenic to humans. Most species of bacteria are harmless and are often beneficial but others can cause infectious diseases. The number of these pathogenic species in humans is estimated to be fewer than a hundred. By contrast, several thousand species are part of the gut flora present in the digestive tract.
RaloxifèneLe raloxifène est un SERM (Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator) comme le bazédoxifène. Il est utilisé dans le cadre de traitements hormonaux de substitution, utiles à la prévention et traitement de l'ostéoporose. Il peut également être utilisé pour diminuer le risque de cancer du sein. Une diminution du taux d'œstrogène est responsable de la fragilisation de l'os. Un traitement classique pour prévenir l'ostéoporose consiste à administrer un traitement hormonal substitutif.
Gaseous signaling moleculesGaseous signaling molecules are gaseous molecules that are either synthesized internally (endogenously) in the organism, tissue or cell or are received by the organism, tissue or cell from outside (say, from the atmosphere or hydrosphere, as in the case of oxygen) and that are used to transmit chemical signals which induce certain physiological or biochemical changes in the organism, tissue or cell. The term is applied to, for example, oxygen, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide, hydrogen cyanide, ammonia, methane, hydrogen, ethylene, etc.
