More than a third of the AMD patients had a bad or very bad microperimetry performance in parallel with a good visual acuity. Microperimetry is a valuable tool to assess and follow real macular function in AMD patients when visual acuity alone can be misleading.
Vitreoretinal surgery was efficient in maximizing treatment outcome after proton therapy, as it allowed a better oncologic follow-up. Pars plana vitrectomy permitted panretinal photocoagulation to avoid neovascular glaucoma or retinal detachment repair. Macular surgery improved visual acuity, especially in anterior melanoma, whereas repeated surgery may increase the risk of enucleation.
This study aims at
producing exopolysaccharides (EPS) from a lactic
acid bacterial strain. The soybean whey-isolated Lactobacillus
plantarum W1 (EPS-W1), which belongs to genus Lactobacillus, is identified using the phenylalanyl-tRNA
sequencing method. Of all the examined strains, R-49778 (as numbered
by BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Ghent University, Belgium) showed
the highest capability of producing exopolysaccharides. Structural
characterization revealed a novel exopolysaccharide consisting of
repeating units of →6)-d-Glcp-(1→; →3)-d-Manp-(1→; →3)-d-Glcp-(1→ and
a branch of →6)-d-Manp-(1→; →2)-d-Glcp-(1→. This discovery opens up avenues for the production
of EPS for food industries, functional foods, and biomedical applications.
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