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There are words and phrases I hear on an almost daily basis that I find especially irritating. So here's a list of some of them. My apologies if you're guilty of using any of them. I've even found myself using a couple of them here and there. But if we address it, we can grow together.
Words and phrases I'm tired of hearing:
- Retarded – It's not that I'm offended by the word retarded. I don't really know how it got to be offensive to call a handicapable (not a word!) person retarded, but I get why it would bother some people when the term is thrown around as a synonym for "stupid." But the main thing that bothers me is that the majority of the time you hear someone call someone or something "retarded," they're either referring to themselves or to someone who is definitely not retarded, but who did irritate them. And that just doesn't seem an accurate use of the term. Look, we're all kind of at the point that even if we don't think it's wrong to use the word to describe someone with legitimate mental disabilities, we still realize that it's going to piss off their family and friends to hear it. So just give it a rest.
- Hubby – Particularly from anyone younger than my grandmother. That man is your husband. Please stop thinking you're being cute.
- Stupid/Idiot – Especially when used to describe someone who did not actually do anything stupid, but who just didn't do what you wanted them to do. You hear this a lot in offices or in retail situations. "That guy didn't include a description of the weather-report in his story. Pfft! Idiot!" No…he described it as he saw it and didn't think it was worth mentioning that it didn't rain or snow or whatever. When you're describing an educated adult who made a mistake or just didn't know better, but can otherwise be trusted to zip up his/her own pants, you're not describing an idiot. You're just being mean.
- Made-up curse words. – I don't think I need to discuss why this is on the list. If you don't want to say "shit" and instead say "shoot" or "crap" (hmm…crap-shoot?), I get that… But the middle-aged ladies who say, "oh shibbldy-shop" or make up some other inanely crazy gibberish just drive me nuts. Although I know one person who regularly says "dingle-berry" and has no idea what they're describing. They also think they invented the word "wanker." And I think that's pretty funny.
- "It is what it is…" – Of course it is. You don't have to tell me that.
- "Yeah…but…" – People say this one thinking that they're appeasing the person they're arguing with. they think they're validating the other person's argument and giving them a slight victory with the "Yeah…" However, they're really just dismissing the person and waiting to follow-up the "but…" Just make your point. Don't placate.
- Obamacare – Kind of a controversial one on the list…but I mostly just think it's poorly managed on both sides. As is my understanding, the Republicans who are cranky about Socialized healthcare started calling it "Obamacare" in mockery. The Obama camp then embraced it to wave it around and say, "Yes! Obama GAVE you this! You SHOULD remember that!" So now both sides are regularly using it for either mockery or praise…and it just fails on both sides.
- Black guys using the "n-word" and saying that it's okay. – It just isn't. I don't care if you DO change the "er" to an "a," you're still degrading yourself and your race by calling yourself a word that is meant to be used to dehumanize and express hatred. Why would you even WANT to embrace that?
- "Less is more" – No. It's not. Less is by definition LESS, and that's all it can be. I understand what you think you're saying, but you're wrong.
- "The Lord works in mysterious ways." – No, He doesn't. He works in the exact same ways He has always worked since the dawn of time. Just because it's difficult to comprehend why man would choose to be inhuman to man, that doesn't mean God's suddenly decided to drunk-dial His answers to prayers.
- "That's a winner!" – Used most frequently in baseball contexts in reference to Jack Buck's use of the term when the St. Louis Cardinals would win a game. But I've always hated that expression. Just seems like the most obvious thing you could possibly say. And also, isn't EVERY game a "winner" for someone? It just seems wholly uncreative and particularly irritating in the context of Facebook posts.
- Bro – Stop it. Just stop it.
- And are white people still adding "-izzle" to the end of real words? If so, then that too. I liked when Snoop did it…but that's where it should stop.
…and those are just a few of the many sayings and words I hear people constantly use that bug me. Hope you enjoyed it and are as irritated by some of them as I am. 🙂
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Monomorium ebeninum
|Monomorium ebeninum
|Scientific classification
|M. ebeninum
|Binomial name
|Monomorium ebeninum
Forel, 1891
In Central America and the Caribbean Islands this is one of the most common ants found in coastal areas. Wetterer (2017) collected this species on many islands in the Lesser Antilles "through vegetation beating in open areas. Large M. ebeninum colonies often nest in dead branches."
|At a Glance
|• Polygynous
- 1 Identification
- 2 Distribution
- 3 Biology
- 4 Castes
- 5 Nomenclature
- 6 References
DuBois (1986) - A member of the Monomorium minimum species group. Since Monomorium ebeninum is the only species with wingless queens that occurs in the Caribbean region, it should not be confused with any other species. Three other species occur in areas which border the range of M. ebeninum: Monomorium cyaneum, Monomorium trageri, and Monomorium viridum. Queens of M. ebeninum are separated from those of these other species since the profile of the scutum and scutellum of M. ebeninum queens is flat or slightly concave while the profile of the remaining species is clearly convex. Additionally, the head sculpturing in M. ebeninum is quite reduced. Workers of M. ebeninum can be separated from the other species since their propodeum has basal and declivitous faces of approximately equal length. Although this is also true of M. cyaneum workers, the mesopleuron in M. ebeninum workers is smooth and shining, while it is punctuate in M. cyaneum workers.
Keys including this Species
- Key to Monomorium males of the New World
- Key to Monomorium of Hispaniola
- Key to Monomorium queens of the New World
- Key to Monomorium workers of the New World
- Key to US Monomorium species
This species is found in Central America, the Caribbean Islands (including the Bahamas), and southern Florida. It has been collected from many of the islands and from Atlantic and Pacific coastlines in many parts of Central America (DuBois 1986). It has been found a few times in the Florida Keys, where it was claimed to have been introduced (Deyrup, Davis & Cover, 2000) but Wetterer (2017) has shown that this species is likely native to this area.
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: United States.
Neotropical Region: Barbados, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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DuBois (1986) - This species presumably nests under stones and in plant cavities. Forel (1899) indicated that M. ebeninum lives in stems and hollow branches. Wheeler (1905a) recorded it from under stones, in cavities of Tillandsia spp., and in dry twigs of buttonwood bushes. Smith (1936b: 832) elaborated further: "This is one of the most common ants of the West Indies... It forms populous colonies which are characterized by having many reproductive queens to a colony. Their great adaptability is indicated by the fact that this species nests in both soil and wood, back of the leaf sheaths or [sic] corn and bananas, in cabbage heads, Tillandsias, and in the fruits of Hibiscus sabdariffa. The workers are exceedingly fond of honeydew. They have been noted attending such insects as Saissetia hemispherica Targ., Coccus viridus Green, the aphid Sipha flava Forbes, etc. The ants are also highly predacious." Wolcott and Martorell (1937) recorded this ant as a predator on the eggs of the sugarcane moth borer, Diatraea saccharalis Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Although Lavigne (1977) recorded this species from lawns in Puerto Rico, he provided no details on the nest's microhabitat nor structure. Wheeler (1905a) recorded multiple queens per nest (up to 12). Although M. ebeninum has a moderately broad altitudinal tolerance (0-1600 m above sea level), it is most frequently collected in coastal areas. Sexual forms are produced in spring {collections of males: Jamaica: Montego Bay, March 14, 1911; Andros Island (Bahama Islands): Mangrove Cay, May 31, 1904}.
Wolcott (1948) mentions this ant is eaten by the lizards Anolis stratulus and A. cristatellus. Lavigne (1977) collected workers from stomachs of the following two frog species: Eleutherodactylus cochranae and E. coqui.
Regional Notes
Puerto Rico
Wheeler (1908): Common under stones, in Tillandsias and under bark. A number of females taken from a single nest at Arecibo are wingless and subergatoid like those I have described from the Bahamas.
Found a few times in the Florida Keys. Nests may be in the ground or in dead branches or in bromeliads. It is an aggressive scavenger, but does not seem to invade houses in the Bahamas, where it is much commoner than in Florida. Pest status: none. First published Florida record: Deyrup et al. 1988; earlier specimens: 1986. (Deyrup, Davis & Cover, 2000.)
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- ebeninum. Monomorium minutum r. ebeninum Forel, 1891b: 165 (in text) (w.) ANTILLES. Forel, 1893g: 388 (q.); Forel, 1897b: 300 (m.); Wheeler, W.M. 1905b: 88 (q.m.). Subspecies of carbonarium: Wheeler, W.M. 1905b: 88; Forel, 1912g: 3; Mann, 1922: 29; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 198. Raised to species: Forel, 1913l: 218; DuBois, 1986: 103.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
DuBois (1986) - Queen: Wingless; petiole and postpetiole as in Figures 119, 121, and 122; scutum and scutellum slightly depressed dorsally or flat; metanotum projecting to level of propodeum and scutellum; propodeum angular. Male: Genitalia and sterna as in Figures 125, 128-131. Worker: Propodeum angular; mesopleuron not punctate; petiole as in Figure 121; PI 40-44 (41).
DuBois (1986) - Head: Measurements (representing different localities; N= 10) HL 0.48-0.55 (0.51), HW 0.38-0.42 (0.40), SL 0.35-0.40 (0.39), EL 0.07-0.09 (0.08), MOD 0.05-0.06 (0.05). Structure - CI 76-84 (78), SIL 67-95 (78), SIW 71-105 (95). Side of head straight. Clypeal teeth short, blunt. Sculpture - Several small, short, parallel, longitudinal rugae on clypeus; several small, short, parallel, longitudinal rugae beginning all along lateral margin of clypeus, continuing to antennal insertion. Alitrunk: Measurements PW 0.25-0.28 (0.26), PL 0.21-0.25 (0.23), WL 0.52-0.62 (0.56). Structure - Propodeum angular, both faces of approximately equal length. PI 40-44 (41). Petiole: As in Figure 124. Dorsum of node flat to slightly emarginate. Setae erect to suberect on dorsum of node, absent elsewhere. Postpetiole: As in Figure 124. Dorsum of node flat to slightly emarginate. Gaster: Setae of first gastral tergite reaching or exceeding level of dorsum of postpetiolar node. Color: Head dark brown to brown except as follows: mandibles yellow-brown to brown. Alitrunk and legs dark brown to brown. Gaster dark brown.
DuBois (1986) - Head: Measurements (representing different localities; N= 10) HL 0.65-0.72 (0.68) {0.72}, HW 0.55-0.65 (0.60) {0.61}, SL 0.42-0.52 (0.49) {0.52}, IOD 0.10-0.17 (0.14) {0.12}, OD 0.04-0.07 (0.05) {0.05}, EL 0.15-0.18 (0.16) {0.18}, MOD 0.10-0.13 (0.12) {0.13}. Structure - CI 80-93 (88) {85}, SIL 62-77 (72) {72}, SIW 76-88 (82) {85}. Side of head straight. Scape not reaching occiput. Masticatory margin of mandible with 4 >rarely 5< teeth. Clypeal teeth moderately sharp to blunt, short. Frontal carinae diverging strongly posteriorly. Sculpture - Moderate, parallel, longitudinal rugae beginning all along lateral margin of clypeus, continuing to level of middle of compound eye after converging slightly near frontal carinae >rugae above frontal carinae may be absent or greatly reduced< (Fig. 120). Alitrunk: Measurements PW 0.40-0.52 (0.42) {0.43}, PL 0.23-0.32 (0.29) {0.23}, WL 1.05-1.18 (1.11) {1.13}. Structure - Scutum and scutellum slightly depressed dorsally. Mesopleural suture deflected ventrally at posterior end (with small pit on anterior end and larger pit on posterior end). Propodeum angular, basal and declivitous faces of approximately equal length. PI 20-30 (26) {20}. Wings absent (fusion of sclerites indicate queens are wingless). Sculpture - Entire propodeum covered with small, non-piliferous punctures (leading to a granular appearance); declivitous surface of propodeum with moderate, parallel, transverse rugae. Petiole: As in Figures 119 and 121. Dorsum of node flat to slightly emarginate. Setae decumbent to appressed on anterior surface of node, subdecumbent to decumbent on dorsum, absent elsewhere. Entire petiole smooth and shining (with small, piliferous punctures on anterior surface and dorsum) except as follows: posterior 1/5 of petiole with moderate, concentric, semicircular, transverse rugae. Postpetiole: As in Figures 119 and 122. Dorsum of node flat. Setae subdecumbent to decumbent on posterior surface of node, absent elsewhere. Postpetiolar surface smooth and shining except as follows: posterior 1/2 with dense, moderate, non-piliferous punctures. Color: Entire body and appendages usually brown to dark brown. All setae white.
DuBois (1986) - Head: Measurements (representing different localities; N= 3) HL 0.55-0.61 (0.59), HW 0.61-0.68 (0.64), SL 0.24-0.28 (0.26), IOD 0.18-0.20 (0.19),OD 0.06-0.08 (0.07), EL 0.22-0.25 (0.24), MOD 0.12-0.18 (0.16). Structure - CI 100-113 (109), SIL 39-47 (44), SIW 39-41 (40). Maxillary palp 1 - segmented (Fig. 127); labial palp 1 segmented (Fig. 126). Clypeal teeth absent. Frontal carinae not diverging posteriorly. Pilosity - Setae erect near clypeus, mandible, and occiput, decumbent to appressed elswhere. Sculpture - Several moderate to large, parallel, longitudinal rugae beginning all along lateral margin of clypeus, extending to antennal insertion. Several small to moderate, parallel, longitudinal rugae extending from clypeus to level of frontal carinae. Additionally, several moderate, concentric, semicircular rugae extending from level of compound eye to occiput and following contour of occiput. Alitrunk: Measurements PW 0.50-0.60 (0.56), PL 0.30-0.36 (0.32), WL 1.12-1.27 (1.20). Structure - Pronotal-scutal suture on dorsal 1/2 of alitrunk. Mesopleural suture as in queen except as follows: pit absent on anterior end. Metanotum (in lateral view) not projecting to level of propodeum and scutellum. Propodeum angular, basal face 2 times as long as declivitous face. PI 25-28 (27). Sculpture - Several moderate, semicircular, concentric rugae with vertex at anterior edge of pronotum, extending posteriorly (as parallel, longitudinal rugae) to scutum; sculpturing of sutures as in Figure 125. Petiole: As in Figure 125. Setae appressed on anterior surface of node, erect to suberect on dorsum, absent elsewhere. Entire surface of node, erect to suberect on dorsum, absent elsewhere. Entire surface smooth and shining. Postpetiole: As in Figure 125. Setae decumbent to subdecumbent on anterior surface of node, erect to suberect on posterior surface of node and venter, absent elsewhere. All surfaces smooth and shining. Gaster: Setae of first gastral tergite reaching or exceeding level of dorsum of postpetiolar node. Genitalia: As in Figures 125 and 128-131. Eighth sternite with emargination approximately 1/2 as deep as wide (Fig. 128). Ninth sternite with 8 erect setae (Fig. 129). Aedeagus with 8 teeth; toothed margin straight (Fig. 131). Volsella with reduced digitus; lacking cuspis (Fig. 130). Color: Head and antenna brown to dark brown except as follows: mandible yellow to yellow-brown. Alitrunk brown to dark brown, legs yellow to yellow-brown. Petiole and postpetiole brown to yellow-brown, gaster brown to dark brown. Genitalia brown to yellow-brown. All setae white to yellow.
Type Material
DuBois (1986) - Syntypic series consisting of 2 queens, 1 male, and 16 workers (Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève) from the following localities: Grenada (male), St. Vincent (queens), St. Thomas (Antille) (workers). Six workers bear the date 14 X 78. Lectotype queen here designated from MHNG series bears red, handwritten label: Monomorium/ ebeninum/ Forel/ Lectotype/ M. DuBois 1983/. It is from St. Vincent.
Forel (1891: 165) described the distinguishing characters of this species: "La race de l'Amérique tropicale que j'avais cru devoir rapporter au carbonarium (Ameisen der Antille St. Thomas, 1881) et que j'ai recue dés lors du Guatémala, etc., se distingue nettement par les deux élévations du métanotum, par sa large échancrure méso-métanotale, par la face déclive plus haute du métanotum plus éléve qui forme presque un angle avec la face basal, par le premier noeud du pédicule plus mince et plus longuement pétiolé. Je propose de l'appeler ebeninum." Presumably, the material from Guatemala was provided through Pergande (W. L . Brown, Jr. , pers. comm.); however, none of this material can be discovered in the remains of Pergande's collection. The remainder of this type series is in Geneva (MHNG). A few of these specimens are clearly labelled "TYPUS"; these include the male, both queens, and 6 workers. I assume that Forel regarded these specimens as part of his type series and merely chose to list their localities as "etc." when he described M. ebeninum. I chose the lectotype, designated above, in an effort to restrict the type locality and to reduce future confusion since queens are easier to identify than workers.
- Deyrup, M., Davis, L. & Cover, S. 2000. Exotic ants in Florida. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 126, 293-325.
- DuBois, M. B. 1986. A revision of the native New World species of the ant genus Monomorium (minimum group) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 53(2):65-119. (page 103, Raised to species)
- Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. (page 165, (in text) worker described)
- Forel, A. 1893j. Formicides de l'Antille St. Vincent, récoltées par Mons. H. H. Smith. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1893: 333-418 (page 388, queen described)
- Forel, A. 1897b. Quelques Formicides de l'Antille de Grenada récoltés par M. H. H. Smith. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 1897: 297-300 (page 300, male described)
- Forel, A. 1912h. Formicides néotropiques. Part IV. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae Lep. (suite). Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 1-32 (page 3, Subspecies/race of carbonarium)
- Forel, A. 1913m. Fourmis d'Argentine, du Brésil, du Guatémala & de Cuba reçues de M. M. Bruch, Prof. v. Ihering, Mlle Baez, M. Peper et M. Rovereto. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 49: 203-250 (page 218, Raised to species)
- Mann, W. M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 61: 1-54 (page 29, Subspecies/race of carbonarium)
- Wetterer, J. K. 2017. Geographic distribution of Monomorium ebeninum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 143:693-700. doi:10.3157/061.143.0309
- Wheeler, W. M. 1905c. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 21: 79-135 (page 88, queen, male described, Subspecies/race of carbonarium)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1908a. The ants of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 24: 117-158.
- Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 90: 1-262 (page 198, Subspecies/race of carbonarium)


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Malaysia Spearheads Stem Cell Research
The Ministry of Health (MOH) Ampang Hospital is embarking on a pioneering stem cell research exploring the use of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in acute graft-versus-host-disease (aGVHD). While this innovative treatment has already been approved in several countries, it has so far only been used as salvage therapy after failing steroids and other immunosuppresants, and rarely employed as a front-line therapy. Steroid refractory aGVHD has a dismal prognosis with mortality in excess of 90% and no viable second-line options.1Working in collaboration with Cytopeutics®, a local company with an impressive track record of basic and clinical trials in stem cell, this Phase I-II double blind randomized clinical trial has been approved by the Medical Research Ethics Committee (MREC) and the National Stem Cell Ethics and Research Sub-committee (NSCERT). More centres are expected to participate in the trial locally and abroad including Singapore and Australia. The success of the treatment will provide a real chance of the patient surviving against the odds as well as put Malaysia on the map in the field of stem cell advances.
Graft-Versus-Host-Disease (GVHD)
Graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) is said to occur when the cells from the donor, particularly the T-lymphoctyes, attack the host organs following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) despite efforts to match the donor and recipient. In GVHD the host tissue is damaged by the myeloablative chemotherapy and release pro-inflammatory cytokines andantigen-presenting cells(APCs) which then trigger donor T-cell activation and proliferation leading to GVHD.2[Figure 1]
Acute GVHD normally occurs within 100 days of HSCT and affect mainly the skin, liver and gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Approximately 50% of patients respond to front-line therapy using steroids along with continued calcineurin inhibitors. For those who failed to respond to steroids, there is no viable second-line therapy. Treatments such as azathioprine, mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), sirolimus, extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP), imatinib, methotrexate (MTX), and TNF-alpha inhibitors have all yielded low efficacy.1,2Intense immunosuppression may also result in higher risk of cancer relapse.
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have emerged as a therapeutic potential in regenerative medicine, because of their unique properties of tissue repair. MSCs lack major histocompatibility complex (MHC-II) expression which renders them immune-privileged without risk of rejection or reaction in unrelated and unmatched recipients.3Hence, MSCs may be obtained from an unrelated donor, cultured, stored and injected into a patient with minimal delay. Because MSCs also possess potent immunoregulatory functions and ability to home in to the sites of injury, there has been increasing interest in the role of MSCs in autoimmune diseases, and inflammatory diseases, and more specifically in allogeneic HSCT, especially in the treatment of GVHD. 4-6
Mesenchymal stem cells were originally discovered in the bone marrow stroma but have since been demonstrated in many other tissues in the body. Probably the best source of MSC is located in the mucoid connective tissue known as Wharton's jelly in the umbilical cord of the newborn child in whom the MSCs have the longest telomere lengths and share certain embryonic cell-like qualities.7Compared to bone marrow-derived and adipose-derived MSCs, UC-MSCs express most of the stem cells/ pluripotent markers at higher level which indicates a higher degree of stemness and self-renewal capacity. UC-MSCs also have short population doubling time during culturing, minimal senescence and no chromosomal abnormalities or expression of tumour oncogenes while still maintaining the differential potential until the late passages. Studies showed that UC-MSCs derived from Wharton's jelly do not transform into tumor-associated fibroblasts in the presence of breast and ovarian cancer cells could inhibit cancer cell growth in vivo and in vitro.8
At Cytopeutics, we go further to determine the medical history of three generations including the donor's siblings, donor's parents and grandparents and exclude potential donors with a personal or family pedigree of cancer, infections, genetic and chromosomal disorders, cardiovascular and other familial diseases. The MSCs are also screened for possible genetic mutations and genetic alterations before and after culture.
Immunomodulatory Properties of MSCs
One of the most remarkable and unforeseen aspects of MSCs pertains to their immunomodulatory activity.4,5MSCs inhibit T-cell activation and proliferation, including activated CD4+ (helper) and CD8+ (cytotoxic) T-cells which are crucial in in the actication of GVHD and autoimmune diseases. MSCs also inhibit dendritic cell (DC) differentiation, B cell proliferation, natural killer (NK) cell activity and switch the cytokine secretion profiles of these cells, from a pro-inflammatory Th1 profile to an anti-inflammatory Th2 cytokine profile. In addition, MSCs directly secrete a vast array of anti-inflammatory immunomodulatory soluble mediators such as interleukin-10 and prostaglandin E2. [Figure 2].
MSCs for aGVHD
Allogeneic MSCs were first administered by Le Blanc et al. in 2004 to a child with steroid refractory acute GVHD who then showed complete resolution of GVHD.9Numerous clinical trials have been carried out since then using allogenic MSCs from various sources as a salvage therapy among steroid refractory acute GVHD patients.6-13The outcomes of these studies generally demonstrated that MSCs therapy has good tolerability and not associated with long-term risk. More than 50% of the GVHD patients had complete response with no adverse events from the MSC treatment with high 50 to 80% survival rate. In one clinical study comparing UC-MSCs with bone marrow-derived-MSCs, UC-MSCs had superior proliferative potential and more suppressive effects on T-cell proliferation when infused at a mean cell dosage between 4.1 x 106and 6.17 x 106cells/kg body weight of patient. Indeed the study showed the manifestations of aGVHD improved dramatically without additional second-line immunosuppressive therapies.10
Allogeneic MSC therapy has been approved in Canada and New Zealand as a treatment for steroid-resistant refractory aGVHD in children, for both adults and children in Japan.14
Objectives and Design of the present Cyto-MSC study
So far MSCs have been investigated mostly as salvage treatment for steroid refractory aGVHD after exhausting other immunosuppressive options. Use of UC-MSCs concurrently with steroids as front-line therapy for aGVHD have not been explored. We hypothesise that this strategy will further improve survival and reduce mortality and morbidity, given that treatment response to steroids is slow and far from satisfactory and comes with other complications such as sepsis, including viral reactivation and fungal infection.
This is an investigator-initiated study headed by Dr Tan Sen Mui, senior consultant haematologist at Ampang Hospital. Cytopeutics is a pioneer in stem cell research and treatment. Operating out of Cyberjaya with its contracted GMP-certified laboratory in a purpose-built facility. Cytopeutics is honored to be collaborating with senior doctors, hospitals and universities, both private and public, locally on basic, translational and clinical research in numerous conditions.
To determine the efficacy and safety of allogeneic infusion of Cytopeutics umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (Cyto-MSC) in combination of standard corticosteroid therapy as front-line approach for treatment of grade II-IV acute GVHD patients, we designed a randomized-controlled double-blind phase I/II clinical trial involving grade II-IV acute GVHD patients. The subjects are patients who had developed grade II-IV aGVHD following allogeneic HSCT (MRD/ MUD/ Unrelated Cord/ Haploidentical) for malignant or non-malignant haematological disorders. 40 consecutive eligible patients will be recruited in this study. An independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) will be appointed among medical experts to monitor and evaluate the patient's safety and progress throughout the study in what is expected to be a Malaysia-led initiative to treat a critical and common condition.
- Pavletic SZ, Martin P, Lee SJ, et al.,. Measuring therapeutic response in chronic graft-versus-host disease: National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Project on Criteria for Clinical Trials in Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease: IV. Response Criteria Working Group report. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2006;12(3):252-66.
- Blazar BR, Murphy WJ, Abedi M. Advances in graft versus host disease biology and therapy. Nature Rev Imm. 2012;12:443-58.
- Ryan JM, Barry FP, Murphy JM, Mahon BP. Mesenchymal stem cells avoid allogeneic rejection. Journal of Inflammation. 2005;2:8.
- Stagg J, Galipeau J. Mechanisms of immune modulation by mesenchymal stromal cells and clinical translation. Current molecular medicine. 2013;13(5):856-67.
- Yagi H, Soto-Gutierrez A, Parekkadan B,et al.,. Mesenchymal stem cells: mechanisms of immunomodulation and homing. Cell transplantation. 2010;19(6):667-79.
- Amorin B, Alegretti AP, Valim V,et al.,. Mesenchymal stem cell therapy and acute graft-versus-host disease: a review. Human cell. 2014;27(4):137-50.
- McGuckin CP, Forraz N, Baradez MO, et al.,. Production of stem cells with embryonic characteristics from human umbilical cord blood. Cell Prolif. 2005;38(4):245-55.
- Subramanian A, Shu-Uin G, Kae-Siang N, et al.,. Human umbilical cord Wharton's jelly mesenchymal stem cells do not transform to tumor-associated fibroblasts in the presence of breast and ovarian cancer cells. J Cell Biochem. 2012;113(6):1886-95.
- Le Blanc K, Rasmusson I, Sundberg B,. et al.,. Treatment of severe acute graft-versus-host disease with third party haploidentical mesenchymal stem cells. Lancet. 2004;363(9419):1439-41.
- Wu KH, Chan CK, Tsai C, et al.,. Effective treatment of severe steroid-resistant acute graft-versus-host disease with umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Transplantation. 2011;91(12):1412-6.
- Le Blanc K, Frassoni F, Ball L, et al.,. Mesenchymal stem cells for treatment of steroid-resistant, severe, acute graft-versus-host disease: a phase II study. Lancet. 2008;371(9624):1579-86.
- Introna M, Lucchini G, Dander E, et al.,. Treatment of graft versus host disease with mesenchymal stromal cells: a phase I study on 40 adult and pediatric patients. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2014;20(3):375-81.
- Gao L, Zhang YQ, Hu BY, et al.,. Phase II Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind Controlled Study of Efficacy and Safety of Umbilical Cord–Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in the Prophylaxis of Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease After HLA-Haploidentical Stem-Cell Transplantation. J Clin Oncol. 2016;34(24):2843-50
- Yoshioka, S., and Y. Miura. "Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Acute Graft Versus Host Disease." Transl Med (Sunnyvale)6, no. 171 (2016): 2161-1025.
About the author
Dr Chin Sze Piaw is a clinical and research advisor for Cytopeutics and co-investigator in the Cyto-MSC acute GVHD study.


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The college baseball world was eager to see what the Gauchos would do for an encore in 2017, and they entered the season with elevated expectations after making three regionals in the previous four years, and hosting one of them in 2015. But UCSB stumbled out of the gate against a tough nonconference schedule, losing three of its first four weekend series, and it never really recovered, finishing 24-32 overall, 8-16 in the Big West. Injuries certainly played a part in those struggles — shortstop Clay Fisher, one of the nation's premier defenders, went down with Tommy John surgery, and his backup, Andrew Martinez, was lost to the same surgery. Those injuries helped result in a porous infield defense that posted a .967 fielding percentage, which did the beleaguered pitching staff (5.24 ERA) no favors.
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The Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), President John Mahama, has said he is targeting 56 percent of the votes in the December polls.
President Mahama thus called on NDC supporters to avoid complacency and to flock to the polling stations, to ensure that his target of amassing 56 percent of the votes in the elections is realised.
Addressing the electorate at Tepa in the Ahafo Ano Constituency in the Ashanti Region as part of his campaign tour, President Mahama said "I am here to remind you that on the 7th of December 2016, come out in your numbers and vote massively for me."
"This time around, I am pleading with you. I know by the grace of God we are winning. Let us not be complacent and think that because we are winning, that is it. But this time, I want the victory to be resounding so that what happened in 2012 wouldn't repeat itself."
President Mahama also posited that, if he is able to garner a resounding victory at the polls, the election result would not be disputed by the opposition.
He referenced the election petition of 2012, where the New Patriotic Party (NPP), went to the Supreme Court, praying it to overturn the EC's declaration of President Mahama as the winner of the 2012 elections on the basis of infractions and irregularities found on results sheets.
"When the result was 50.7 percent, they thought it wasn't so much so they decided to contest the results in court," President Mahama noted.
Also on his tour of the NPP stronghold, President Mahama expressed optimism the NDC will capture at least 13 parliamentary seats in the Ashanti
Region, in addition to the one million votes the party is vying for.
Addressing NDC supporters at Asawase after a health walk in the town, President Mahama said, "the NDC has only four seats in this region; but per my calculations, I am hopeful that we would be able to wrestle nine more to make it 13."
Meanwhile, with exactly 28 days to the December 7 election, the NDC flagbearer, has in a letter titled 'The Homestretch', pointed to how humbled he is to have been given the opportunity to govern and thanked Ghanaians for the support.
"These gains could certainly not have been possible without the blessings of our God Almighty, your patriotism, sense of duty and dedication to the development and economic progress of Ghana," President Mahama said.
He spoke about some difficult decisions he had had to take, his achievements and what he would do for Ghanaians in the coming years.
"In the coming years, I pledge to implement more robust interventions including the National Anticorruption Action Plan (NACAP) to make corruption unattractive and a high-risk activity," the letter said.
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THE HOMESTRETCH A letter to my teeming supporters and Ghanaians in general, with a month to go for the December 7 elections
My Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We are winning the race!
Only God knows the full extent of my gratitude to the good people of Ghana. For giving me, John Dramani Mahama, the rare opportunity to serve you as President, I remain humbled and eternally grateful.
Every passing day has come with its own challenges but I must say on the balance, our collective gains have been overwhelming. These gains could certainly not have been possible without the blessings of our God Almighty, your patriotism, sense of duty and dedication to the development and economic progress of Ghana.
It is these attributes that have propelled me when the going got tough. I stayed focused, listened to your suggestions, took responsibility as your leader and pursued the Agenda for Transformation notwithstanding the adverse global and domestic environment, which greeted the beginning of my administration in 2013.
The fall in commodity prices; almost a year-long election petition, which ended up with the Supreme Court of Ghana upholding the true will of the people; the market fires and the inferno at the Central Medical Stores in Tema among others, are just a few of the obstacles we overcame. For example, as a result of the fire that gutted the Central Medical Stores, we lost the strategic stock of medications including food supplements for children and pregnant women.
Ghana is up and Rising.
In our difficult moments, my government has shown sensitivity to the plight of the Ghanaian. Till this date, my appointees and I have taken pay cuts to support efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality. A directive to provide government vehicles with specialised number plates (green) is being implemented. Apart from this, ministers and political appointees were migrated onto the prepaid metering system for electricity supply and billing.
As a social democratic party in government we have taken steps to rationalise the anomalies in the Electricity Company's billing system to the relief of consumers. Recently, students' loans have been reviewed upwards with an enhanced package for fresh students and the producer price of cocoa has been increased to an all-time high.
And let me add that over GH¢1billion was paid to cover claims from service providers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Outpatient utilisation alone in 2015 increased to over twenty-nine million; from a low of nine million in 2008.
The United Nation's Human Development Index puts our nation within the Medium Human Development category, ahead of our neighbours like Cote D'Ivoire and Nigeria, and this is better than what we have ever achieved in the past.
Transparency International, the world's most credible institution on anticorruption matters has lauded the strategies we have adopted to fight corruption. Ghana is currently ranked as the 7th least corrupt country in Africa, and it is an established fact that the NDC's worst record in the
Transparency International's anticorruption league table, over the years, is better than the NPP's best record while in office.
In the coming years, I pledge to implement more robust interventions including the National Anticorruption Action Plan (NACAP) to make corruption unattractive and a higher risk activity.
Relative macroeconomic stability has been achieved. The budget deficit has dropped favourably and will narrow further going forward. The debt profile is also improving.
The Ghana Cedi is one of the best performing currencies on the continent this year, and the rating agency Moody's, and our development partners, are posting favourable reviews about our performance in economic management and medium term prospects.
More jobs have also been created to improve purchasing power. In the health and education sectors alone, 23,411 nurses and 78,000 teachers respectively have been employed into the public sector.
We have developed infrastructure- schools, hospitals, public houses, roads, expanded airports- and these alone have created over 400,000 jobs.
This is a radical and positive change from what existed before and demonstrates that we are growing the economy to create more jobs.
It is my conviction that more and better jobs are in the offing in my second and final term as our massive infrastructure projects mature and I begin the implementation of my Economic Transformation and Livelihood Empowerment Programme (ETLEP).
Under ETLEP, I will continue to work with you and the private sector to create more jobs by further developing our hydrocarbon resources (Inland Voltaian and offshore Accra- Keta basins), aluminium deposits, petrochemical industry and the salt industry.
Together we will roll out a green revolution, enhance our Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) sector (The Accra Digital Centre and development of the Ghana- Mauritius ICT Park Project), expansion of the Tema harbour and the construction of the Atuabo Free Port among several others to create more jobs.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Ghana's economy is robust and this gives me the confidence and joy that when our economy begins to grow above 8% from next year as predicted, the growth will be much more beneficial to Ghanaians than Ghana's economy has ever done for us. I believe these prospects are known to you.
I am expecting a resounding victory in the upcoming elections as predicted by various polls we have conducted since June 2016- a win for me, as President and a working majority in Parliament for the National Democratic Congress.
This victory will be a victory for Ghanaians and for those yet to be born. It will certainly not be my personal victory for a second and final term. It will also be victory for the teeming volunteers, students, the youth, workers, drivers, traders, businessmen and women, traditional and religious leaders who have contributed in diverse ways to bring us up to the strong position we find ourselves in today.
I will continue to be President for all Ghanaians and open the opportunities our country offers to all, irrespective of ethnicity, gender, partisan or religious affiliation.
In the midst of campaign sloganeering and thunderous applause by large crowds, drumming and dancing, my short but very private moments with boys and girls accompanying their parents and guardians and the elderly who walk to me at the rally grounds and during whistle stops, are always profound and indelible moments. I cherish them. In my autobiography after 2021, God willing, some of the thoughts we share would certainly feature.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, The state of the race is very favourable and continues to be better with each passing day. We are winning the race!
I have been overwhelmed by the warmth of the Chiefs and people right here in the Ashanti Region where I am campaigning now and across the country wherever I have been.
You sometimes stay up at durbar grounds deep into the night to receive us; not to mention the several surprises but pleasant ambushes by supporters in the villages, small towns, big towns and cities. You offer us water and food as we stop by your homes. I will forever admire the selfies we take some of which I later find circulating on social media.
Throughout these moments, I have preached my message of peace, transformation and more jobs.
I have also on several occasions reiterated my belief in the fact that this election has nothing to do with insults and that the need for sensitivity and decorum should continue to be our guiding principle. I wish to reiterate that the health of candidates, issues relating to their families and I must add their children, especially, are off limits and I call such violations 'political malpractice'.
I am satisfied that my volunteers, cadres, executives and supporters have largely adhered to this call. I remain eternally grateful to you all, and
I call for more circumspection even in the face of extreme provocation as we race towards our goal on December 7, just one month from today.
Let me be quick to add that this election is also about leadership. Ghanaians, I am confident, will once again vote for a leader who not only reflects the aspirations of modern Ghana but also better represents who we truly are.
We love our peace; we appreciate unity; we are humble and development oriented. We celebrate our diversity; and we are hard working. And let me add, our nation is founded on the fear of God, Patriotism, Unity and Love for one another.
With exactly one month to go for the December 7 general elections, I ask God, once again, to "bless our homeland Ghana and make our nation great and strong."
I also ask you to vote massively for me, John Dramani Mahama. I know that just as we journeyed together in 2012, our collective journey in 2016 will even be brighter and better.
I assure you of utmost security and peace of mind before, during and after the elections.
Let's continue to work hard to cross the finish line first, and continue our work towards transforming our dear nation Ghana.
Stay blessed.
John Dramani Mahama,
President of the Republic of Ghana,
November 07, 2016.


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In Smoke and Mirrors, Gaiman tells a collection of stories which overlap thematically or through characters or through plot, one after another like watching a family slideshow where each slide is from a different family vacation, the connections come out. Each story is a good read in its own right, some better than others, but the collective whole is oddly (and simultaneously) comforting and disturbing.
Gaiman writes in his introduction that "Stories are mirrors...We use them to explain to ourselves how the world works or how it doesn't work...Fairy tales are more than true. Not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be defeated." I find the two points in here very interesting, being an avid, voracious, or insert some other cliched word here, reader. Most would agree that stories such as Jane Eyre, The Color Purple, and even Hamlet are mirrors reflecting the world we live in. And yet, when we stray into the worlds of science fiction, horror, and fantasy, the mirror is getting a bit more distorted; we are getting lost in the fun house a bit. Even though the image in the mirror is stretched a bit thin or made to have curves where none before existed, I still say that scifi/fantasy/horror are purposeful reflections of the actual world which still teach us "how the world works or how it doesn't work." It is just done with a bit more smoke. Obviously, Gaiman agrees.
As for the fairy tales, well the idea I guess is the same as what I just said about scifi/fantasy/horror, fairy tales falling somewhere under that huge umbrella of a genre. What are fairy tales after all except morality tales, tales to teach the reader some ideology, some moral, some cultural norm? The tales Gaiman has in Smoke and Mirrors certainly teach the reader some interesting ideologies. For instance, in the story called Changes, a pill is developed with the intention of curing cancer. And it does. But it has a strange side effect. The pill has the ability to change a person's gender. And it can be taking over and over again, allowing one to move back and forth between breats and pecs, effectively annihilating gender. As an added benefit, those who take the pill seem to have suspended aging. Fascinating. Take from it what you will.
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And through it all, the characters in these stories have unusual reactions to the supernatural events that surround them - they don't react. It is all taken in as being normal. This non-reaction is what blows the smoke across the mirror, allowing the reader to see that what is happening in the story, the monsters and gods and almost-but-not-quite-entirely-abnormal people are a thin sheet of ice away from reality.
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Cheeky smiles, ample cuddles, dusty roads, dirty feet, friendly greetings, harmonising voices, dazzling colours, poverty yet complete happiness: these are only a few of the ways to sum up my time in Magugu, Tanzania. Magugu has changed my life; this poor, poverty stricken, deliriously hot but simply incredible village holds the power to both break and restore your heart. Our RATA team of 7 spent a week observing, mentoring, modeling and team teaching in the Joshua Foundation School in Magugu.
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I was lucky to work with a beautiful young teacher, Safina, who was recently trained at the Joshua Foundation Training College. Safina was great and it was clear that she had the basics down; my job was simply building upon and extending the strategies and knowledge she already brought to the classroom. However this was not the case for some of our other RATA teachers who had to start from scratch with their untrained partner teachers. Safina had recently been on a school trip to the local safari park – however there had been no follow-up learning back in the classroom. This was an incredible thought for me to grasp as we had just completed a three day safari as a RATA team and the learning opportunities had been endless. So together Safina and I planned a writing unit in which the children would ultimately produce a published personal recount of their trip. Through modelling, team teaching and numerous chats Room 5 completed their piece of writing. The smiles on the faces of both the children and their teacher were incredible as they stood up in front of the class to share their writing.
As a team we focused on the importance of group work, positive management strategies and techniques to make learning fun. Watching teachers both trained and untrained learn how to play games was an impacting moment that will stay with me for life. I think I was the happiest I have ever been whilst I was watching 25 grown adults run around playing paper-scissors-rock. The screams of pure, competitive delight brought tears to my eyes. In fact I regularly had tears in my eyes during our time in Magugu.
I went over there with the naive thought that I would be teaching those teachers what they needed to know to be effective teachers. As a team we definitely taught – and I hope made a difference in both the teaching and nurturing styles of these teachers. However, it was I who came away both a changed teacher and woman. My heart is still in Tanzania and I can't wait to go back. The RATA team became my family and I feel so incredibly blessed to have shared this amazing, life changing experience with them.
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Weekly English Update: It's been another crazy and unpredictable week of migration in the deep south of Israel. The Passover holiday brought with it southerly winds, heavy cloud and then heavy downpours on Thursday around Yotvata, Ovda and middle Arava. Passerine numbers dropped throughout the week and then poured in again after the storm. Raptor migration was predictably slow but will rise sharply as the Honey Buzzards and Levant Sparrowhawks start pouring in. Waders came through in really good numbers along with Herons, Crakes and Bee-eaters. North Beach has many terns coming in and we'll be able to see them once the holidaymakers who are covering the beach leave on Tuesday. I managed to fight my way into a tiny corner of the beach on the stormy evening when the strong winds blew some of the tents away. It was really good for birds with a Sooty Shearwater flying over our heads and checking out the Ice Mall shopping centre before returning to the sea. Lots of Little terns, Common Terns, Sandwich Terns and 3 White-cheeked Terns doing group aerobatics. An Oriental Honey Buzzard struggled it's way across the gulf amongst the terns, migrants were coming in low across the water, 2 Pomerine and a Parasitic Skua headed north overland and 3 Black-winged Pratincoles did circles above us before heading in to the ponds. Lake Anita at the Eilat Bird Sanctuary was just wonderful all week. One afternoon I sat there for over an hour just enjoying the 17 species of waders wandering around just a couple of metres away, Little Crakes, a Baillon's Crake and Rail stalking the edges, Reed,Sedge and Great Reed Warblers bouncing round the reeds, all kinds of Herons, Terns and Kingfishers fishing, Swallows'Martins and Swifts picking off the insects, Wagtails doing the same and a Booted Eagle and 4 Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters came in to drink. Ringing picked up over the weekend with 215 ringed yesterday and 160 today. The pick of the haul were a latish male Subalpine Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat with a Swedish ring, a Wood Warbler, a Little Bittern, a Namaqua Dove and plenty of regular migrants. The ponds have seen big numbers of Collared Pratincoles and a really nice array of birds coming to rest each evening. Yotvata is very pleasant with over 40 Lesser Kestrels chasing bugs on the ground in the North Circular field, Common and Blue-cheeked Bee-eaters constantly moving over, the full range of Yellow Wagtails, White Storks, Warblers, Pipits and Short-toed Larks and Namaqua Doves all present. Next week is going to be even crazier…..see you in the field!
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After Terrorax introduced to Tempestra and C.Y.T.R.O. to one of his minions, Monstro, the creature attacks the duo with small mutants that came out from his body. C.Y.T.R.O. decides to create Turbo Drill Mode, which he uses to bury the creature. After few minutes, C.Y.T.R.O. emerges from the ground and humorously says that there was sand on his engines.
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The U.S. attorney's office said a grand jury returned the indictment last week, and it was unsealed Monday after 31-year-old Craig Wieneke, of Springfield, was arrested and made his initial court appearance.
The indictment alleged that Wieneke received and distributed child pornography over the Internet from November through April, when Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Springfield fired him because the FBI, police and the Greene County Sheriff's Department were investigating.
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