Twenty-seven Brazilian and 32 Sudanese patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis from areas where the disease is endemic were examined with ultrasound (US). Hyperechoic periportal areas indicating periportal fibrosis ...

Background: CCDC88C is a ubiquitously expressed protein with multiple functions, including roles in cell polarity and the development of dendrites in the nervous system. Bi-allelic mutations in the CCDC88C gene cause autosomal ...

We showed previously that infection by Schistosoma mansoni not only triggers the production of reactive oxygen species in mouse liver but also leads to the alteration of antioxidant defences. To determine whether such ...

Schistosome infection is a major public health concern affecting millions of people living in tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and South America. Schistosomes cause mild clinical symptoms in most subjects, whereas a small ...

Background: Lung cancer is one of leading death worldwide, it begins when cells in the lung grow out of control and formed mass or nodules which classified in two known major forms, nonsmall cell and small cell cancer. ...

A new approach toward cancer therapy is the use of cancer vaccine, yet the different molecular bases of cancers, reduce the effectiveness of this approach. In this article, we aim to use matrix metalloproteinase-9 protein ...

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the biggest challenges face global public health. In the past sixty years, many classes of antimicrobial have been developed, but duration of benefit appeared to be limited : resistance ...

Objectives: The study aims to evaluate the advanced pharmacy practice experience clerkship of drug information among doctor of pharmacy degree (PharmD) students, before and after the rotation, and to assess the impact of ...

Background: The relationship between pharmaceutical companies and health‑care professionals has become a matter of debate and criticism concerning the real objectives and the potential impact on providing ethical and ...

Antimicrobial resistance has emerged as a major health issue in the recent years. A steady increase in resistance continues despite the introduction of new antibiotics, and resistance bacteria have been associated with ...