[The transplantation of embryonic nerve tissue in syringomyelia: initial clinical experience]. / Transplantatsiia émbrional'noi nervnoi tkani pri siringomielii: pervyi klinicheskii opyt.

The paper gives clinical findings of 5 cases of syringomyelia surgical treatment using neurotransplantation of embryonal spinal marrow nerve tissue into the intramedullary cavity. It also discusses problems of sampling, culture and transplantation of embryonal spinal marrow nerve tissues, as well as the results and prospects of this method application.

[Interrelations in the immune system of Staphylococcus aureus carriers]. / Vzaimosviazi v immunnoi sisteme u nositelei Staphylococcus aureus.

The immune status of 60 S. aureus carriers and 60 donors without carrier state was studied with respect to the interrelations of their antistaphylococcal immunity characteristics and natural resistance factors with the levels of different parameters. In contrast to the donors without carrier state, new interrelations between specific and nonspecific humoral immunity factors were shown to appear in S. aureus carriers, their blood sera having the elevated levels of bactericidal activity and the increased titers of staphylococcal antibodies. The phagocytic activity of the blood in the carriers proved to be below the normal level. The S. aureus carriers were found to have disturbances in the interrelations of their phagocytic activity and specific humoral immunity. The immune status of the carriers as characterized by the interrelations of its parameters is compared with the immune status of normal persons.