Daily Archives: December 13, 2015
Genomic characteristics of miscarriage copy number variants
Miscarriage is a stressful event for couples and finding the cause is critical for closure and also future reproductive planning. Gains and losses of genetic material in the miscarriage are one of the possible causes of miscarriage
Minimizing injuries from acute myocardial infarction
Reperfusion therapy is currently the mainstay treatment of acute myocardial infarction, as it salvages myocardial cells from ischemic cell death. However, abrupt restoration of coronary blood flow induces another type of cell death called “lethal reperfusion injury,”
Cigarette smoke enhances the release of proteins that modulates pro-thrombotic midiators in vascular cells
About 6 million people die for use or exposure to cigarette smoke; indeed smoking is the most important evitable cause of death in the developed countries, and it is a major risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Chronic
Leukemia cells rely on vesicles from neighboring stromal cells to resist common cancer treatments
Leukemia is a cancer of white blood cells that occurs in both children and adults. Strides have been made in curing most types of leukemia. However, acute myeloid leukemia (AML) continues to resist the same treatment strategies.
Rapid prototyping to explain the biology of seahorse tails
Rapid prototyping employs the use of modern engineering tools, such as computer modeling and 3D-printing, to build physical models of new product design concepts. Applying similar techniques, our team of biologists and engineers built two 3D-printed models
Single-cell-culture experiment made easier for researchers
Single-cell-culture experiment is widely used for biological researches concerning cell heterogeneity. This experiment although straightforward to performed by the limiting dilution method with manual pipetting and cell culture well plates, is time consuming and not cost-effective. To
Reduceing risk of second stroke through motivational interviewing
About 25% of people who have a stroke will have a second stroke within the next 12-months. The purpose of this study was to determine if Motivational Interviewing (MI) could be used to reduce a person’s risk
Considering patient values and preferences in healthcare decision-making
Healthcare decision-making is one of the most challenging aspects of medicine. In the past, doctors often based their decisions on dogma or personal experience often influenced by their personal value judgments. With the advent of evidence-based medicine
Kidney disease after radiation exposure
Radiation exposure on earth is usually at a very low dose. Diagnostic x-rays are essential for modern medical care and pose little or no radiation risk. High dose radiation is much less common than diagnostic x-ray, but
Surface plasmon effect detected in carbon nanodots
Surface plasmons (SPs) are coherent delocalized electron oscillations that exist at the interface between two materials where the real part of the dielectric has different sign across the interface, and they has versatile applications in many interesting fields, such as improving
Neurophysiology of self-boundarylessness and loving-kindness
For a long time, the topic of “Self” or “Me” was the exclusive domain of philosophy and only recently has it begun to attract the interest of brain researchers and neuroscientists. The accumulated evidence so far suggests
Metallothionein, oxidative stress and trace metals in gills of liver of fish species
Kuwait Bay is important area that is influenced by the local municipal and industrial discharges. Therefore, two types of local fish from were studies, yellow finned seabream which is pelagic fish swim between the surface and the
A novel perspective on schizophrenic-like symptoms
One of the key questions in neuroscience involves understanding how the brain processes cognitive functions – like learning new information, making adaptive decisions, and engaging in social interactions with others. We know that these activities occur across
Insights into controlling the rates of proton transfer
The transfer of a proton (H+) between two sites (from an acid to a base) is a ubiquitous fundamental reaction which is involved in various key roles throughout chemistry and biology. Proton transfer reactions are invariably an
Dendritic cells: Implication of molecular mechanism in allergic reaction to betalactam antibiotic
Adverse drug reactions are a serious health problem, accounting for 3% of revenue and becoming the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. These reactions include allergic reactions caused by specific immunological mechanisms, which are
