Search for dissertations about: "Ancient disease"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words Ancient disease.

  2. 1. Molecular Palaeopathology : Ancient DNA analyses of the bacterial diseases tuberculosis and leprosy

    Author : Emilia Nuorala; Kerstin Lidén; Ingrid Ekenman; Marie Allen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; molecular palaeopathology; ancient DNA; disease; bacteria; tuberculosis; leprosy; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen;

    Abstract : This thesis “Molecular Palaeopathology. Ancient DNA analyses of the bacterial diseases tuberculosis and leprosy” deals with molecular palaeopathology, i.e. in this case the use of molecular methods to analyse ancient bacterial DNA in order to get further knowledge of diseases in ancient times. READ MORE

  4. 2. Oral Disease and Health Patterns : Dental and Cranial Paleopathology of the Early Iron Age Population at Smörkullen in Alvastra, Sweden

    Author : Carola Liebe-Harkort; Jan Storå; SOFIA TRANÆUS; Simon Hillson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Smörkullen; Alvastra; Sweden; Early Iron Age; dental disease; cranial lesion; caries diagnostics; pathways of infections; dietary patterns; environment; health; Historical osteology; Historisk osteologi; osteoarkeologi; Osteoarchaeology;

    Abstract : In skeletal remains of ancient populations, evidence of dental and craniofacial pathology is often well preserved in the form of lesions on the teeth or bones. Meticulous, detailed recording of these lesions provides baseline data on which a realistic assessment can be made of the probable impact of dental diseases and its sequelae on health of these earlier populations. READ MORE

  5. 3. Molecular genetic studies on Huntington disease

    Author : Elisabeth Almqvist; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Huntington disease; PCR; predictive testing;

    Abstract : Huntington disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder associated with an expanded trinucleotide repeat (CAG). Prior to the gene identification in 1993, linkage analysis was used for predictive testing for at-risk individuals. READ MORE

  6. 4. Where our feet have taken us : Examples of human contact, migration, and adaptation as revealed by ancient DNA

    Author : Alexandra Coutinho; Mattias Jakobsson; Helena Malmström; Carina Schlebusch; Tom Gilbert; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Human demography; migration; adaptation; human contact; ancient DNA; human evolution; African prehistory; Scandinavian prehistory; Biology with Specialisation in Human Evolution and Genetics; Biologi med inriktning mot människans evolution och genetik;

    Abstract : In spite of our extensive knowledge of the human past, certain key questions remain to be answered about human prehistory. One involves the nature of cultural change in material culture through time from the perspective of how different ancient human groups interacted with one another. READ MORE

  7. 5. STRUCTURAL, FUNCTIONAL AND EVOLUTIONARY STUDIES OF ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES

    Author : Mukesh Pasupuleti; Lund Dermatologi och venereologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; amphipathicity and end-tagging protease susceptibility; anaphylatoxin C3a; P. aeruginosa; S. aureus; innate immunity; amphipathic molecules; Antimicrobial peptides; infectious disease; bacteriostatic; microbicidal and cytolytic properties;

    Abstract : Antimicrobial peptides represent a heterogeneous group that displays multiple modes of action such as bacteriostatic, microbicidal and cytolytic properties that are sequence and concentration dependent. Life threatening infectious disease is now a worldwide crisis and treating them effectively is becoming difficult day by day, due to the emergence of antibiotic resistant strains at alarming rates. READ MORE