Intestinal failure (IF) is defined as reduction in functioning gut mass below the minimal amount necessary for adequate digestion and absorption. In most cases, IF results from intrinsic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (digestive IF) (DIF); few cases arise from digestive vascular components, gut annexed (liver and pancreas) and…[Read more]

These findings revealed a “Daughter Number Variation” (DNV) process in the cancer cells, with multi-daughter divisions in Stage 1 and cell fusions leading to the formation of cells containing up to five nuclei in Stage 2. The Stage 2-fusions were inhibited by 5-FU in A549 and HeLa, and by wogonin in A549, HeLa and HepG2. The parallel relationship…[Read more]