Body condition can have important fitness consequences, but measuring body condition of
live animals from wild populations has been the subject of much recent debate. Using the …

… Creegan, John L. Robbins, Win K.Robbins, … Millar, Rexford D. Sherwood, Paul J.
Tindall, and Donald M. … John Robbins. …

Scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI) is the major receptor for high-density lipoprotein (HDL)
cholesterol (HDL-C). In humans, high amounts of HDL-C in plasma are associated with a lower …

Background Patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia have markedly elevated
cholesterol levels, which respond poorly to drug therapy, and a very high risk of premature …

… Blantyre, about eight miles from Glasgow, with his uncle Mr John Millar, who had been
educated in Edinburgh as a writer to the signet, but, from bad health, had given up that profession…

Weight at birth, weight at weaning, time to weaning, liter-size and adult size were recorded
from 100 studies reported in the literature. These data were used to compare adaptive …

Triglyceride (TG), a water-insoluble energy-rich lipid, is secreted by the liver as part of very
low density lipoproteins (VLDLs) to supply energy to extrahepatic tissues. Overproduction of …

Memantine (1-amino-3,5-dimethyladamantan) was tested as an antagonist of N- methyl- d -aspartate
(NMDA) receptors on cultured superior collicular and hippocampal neurones using …

Four authoritative reviews of active smoking and breast cancer have been published since
2000, but only one considered data after 2002 and conclusions varied. Three reviews of …

Endothelial lipase (EL) is a recently discovered member of the lipoprotein lipase gene family
that hydrolyzes HDL phospholipids ex vivo and reduces HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) levels …