Objectives Among the treatment alternatives for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) in Norway, only bracing and surgery are mentioned as generally accepted forms of treatment. There exists a lot of controversy on this issue; therefore a descriptive research is used to highlight the different aspects …

Using an optimized transformation protocol we have studied the possible interactions between transforming plasmid DNA and the Hansenula polymorpha genome. Plasmids consisting only of a pBR322 replicon, an antibiotic resistance marker for Escherichia coli and the Saccharomyces cerevisiae LEU2 gene were …