Precision editing the cells and engineering or re-engineering life, the era of geno-pharmacology/therapeutics has begun!!

Precision editing the cells and engineering or re-engineering life, the era of geno-pharmacology/therapeutics has begun!!

January 28, 2016

Arun H. S. KumarEditor in Chief, Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.175015 ABSTRACT Advancement in life science is happening at a rapid scale, with occasional reports of blockbuster discoveries. One such discovery, which is currently…

Vedolizumab: A novel anti-integrin drug for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

Vedolizumab: A novel anti-integrin drug for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

January 28, 2016

Harmanjit Singh1, Nipunjot Grewal2, Ekta Arora1, Harish Kumar3, Ashish Kumar Kakkar41Department of Pharmacology, All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jalandhar, Punjab, India.2Department of Pharmacology, Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar, Punjab, India.3Department of Pharmacology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.4Department of Pharmacology, VMMC and…

Challenges and advances in optimizing liver allografts from donation after circulatory death donors

Challenges and advances in optimizing liver allografts from donation after circulatory death donors

January 28, 2016

Andrew Ian Sutherland, Gabriel C OniscuScottish Liver Transplant Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.175017 ABSTRACT In recent years, there has been a shift in the donor demographics with an increase in donation after circulatory death (DCD). Livers obtained from…

Pattern of burns identified in the Pediatrics Emergency Department at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City: Riyadh

Pattern of burns identified in the Pediatrics Emergency Department at King Abdul-Aziz Medical City: Riyadh

January 28, 2016

Nesrin Alharthy, Mohammad Al Mutairi, Sulaiman AlQueflie, Aminah Bin Nefesa, Najd Bin Manie, Salahaldin Bin Nafesa, Fawaz Saeed Al ZahraniDepartment of Emergency Medicine, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdul-Aziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi…

High prevalence of multidrug-resistance uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains, Isfahan, Iran

High prevalence of multidrug-resistance uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains, Isfahan, Iran

January 28, 2016

Razieh Dehbanipour1, Sedighe Rastaghi2, Mansour Sedighi3, Nafiseh Maleki1, Jamshid Faghri11Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.3Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine,…

A hospital-based study on knowledge and attitude related to vitiligo among adults visiting a tertiary health facility of central India

A hospital-based study on knowledge and attitude related to vitiligo among adults visiting a tertiary health facility of central India

January 28, 2016

Dinesh Prasad Asati1, CM Gupta2, Shreyansh Tiwari2, Sanjeev Kumar3, Vishal Jamra41Department of Dermatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India2Department of Dermatology, LN Medical College and JK Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India3Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India…

Comparative study of frequency of micronuclei in normal, potentially malignant diseases and oral squamous cell carcinoma

Comparative study of frequency of micronuclei in normal, potentially malignant diseases and oral squamous cell carcinoma

January 28, 2016

Varsha Ajit Sangle1, Shobha Bijjaragi2, Nishat Shah1, Suresh Kangane3, Hrishikesh M Ghule4, SR Ashwini Rani51Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, MIDSR Dental College, Latur, India.2Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, MIDSR Dental College, Latur, India.3Department of Orthodontics, MIDSR Dental College, Latur, India.4Department…

A retrospective study of the changing trends of antimicrobial resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from urine samples over last 3 years (2012-2014)

A retrospective study of the changing trends of antimicrobial resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from urine samples over last 3 years (2012-2014)

January 28, 2016

Neetu Sharma1, Anita K Gupta1, Geeta Walia2, Rupinder Bakhshi21Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.2Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.175060 ABSTRACT Background: In our country, the problem of antibiotic resistance is compounding because of overuse and…

Study of fingerprint patterns to evaluate the role of dermatoglyphics in early detection of bronchial asthma

Study of fingerprint patterns to evaluate the role of dermatoglyphics in early detection of bronchial asthma

January 28, 2016

Shiva Singh1, Alkesh Kumar Khurana2, Hemant Ashish Harode3, Apoorva Tripathi3, Abhijit Pakhare4, Prashant Chaware31Second Year M.B.B.S. Student, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.2Department of Pulmonary Medicine and T.B., All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya…

Preventive (myoglobin, transferrin) and scavenging (superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase) anti-oxidative properties of raw liquid extract of Morinda lucida leaf in the traditional treatment of Plasmodium infection

Preventive (myoglobin, transferrin) and scavenging (superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase) anti-oxidative properties of raw liquid extract of Morinda lucida leaf in the traditional treatment of Plasmodium infection

January 28, 2016

Mathew Folaranmi Olaniyan, Elizabeth Moyinoluwa BabatundeDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria.DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.175068 ABSTRACT Background: Liquid extract of Morinda lucida leaf has been demonstrated to have antiplasmodial activities. Some phytochemicals act as preventive and or scavenging antioxidants. This…