Translational Medical Science
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide, affecting 20 million people and being responsible for >9.7 million deaths annually. Early prediction of clinical outcomes is crucial fo…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The study analyzed the antioxidant content in teas, coffees, red wines, and various fruits. The biological effect of antoxidants includes antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antiall…
Translational Medical Science
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease affecting over 500 million people, leading to cartilage degeneration and severe pain. Current treatments are invasive, costly, and…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Researcher's acquaintance has ADHD and takes Adderall and shared that its effect (attention improvement) reaches a peak and drops quickly, resulting in having to time pill’s intake with upco…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD)score, a widely used tool, predicts 90-day waitlist-mortality but fails to account for post-transplant survival, leading to suboptimal organ allocatio…
Translational Medical Science
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a betaherpesvirus that is typically latent in a human host, but presents dangerously in immunocompromised patient populations. CMV primary infection or reactivation…
Translational Medical Science
Early detection is crucial for establishing a positive prognosis and outcome for cancer patients. Widely used detection methods, such as tissue biopsies and imaging, are cost-prohibitive, cu…
Translational Medical Science
Oral cancer affects over 300,000 people worldwide each year and has a mortality rate of approximately 47%. Early diagnosis can significantly improve survival rates by up to 56%, but less tha…
Translational Medical Science
Acquired drug resistance is one of the biggest obstacles in cancer treatment, leading to increased chances of cancer relapses and progression. To combat drug resistances and to improve treat…
Translational Medical Science
The accumulation of amyloid-beta (AB) plaques and tau protein tangles are defining pathological features of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In previous studies, AB plaques and tau tangles have bee…
Translational Medical Science
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease. Early diagnosis and efficient rehabilitation are critical, while current methods of in person clinical consul…
Translational Medical Science
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the most prevalent type of parkinsonism, characterized by tremor, bradykinesia, postural instability, and muscle rigidity, along with various other motor and non-…
Translational Medical Science
Radiation therapy stands as a cornerstone in cancer treatment, serving over 10 million new patients annually and requiring precise dose delivery. Custom boluses, which are tissue-like materi…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Nerve degeneration, due to acute injury and chronic neurodegenerative disease, causes devastating symptoms for millions of patients worldwide. No therapeutics to regenerate neurons exist, me…
Translational Medical Science
Due to the lack of minimally invasive and selective treatments for melanoma, the effectiveness of photodynamic therapy (PDT) based on boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT) loaded with Protoporphyri…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Chronic neuroinflammation and macrophage migration to the blood-brain barrier BBB are key features of neurological diseases, with adhesion driving pro-inflammatory responses. However, prolon…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Plastic pollution poses a global ‘One Health’ crisis, impacting humans, animals, and the environment. Microplastics have been detected in human blood and various tissues, with emerging evide…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Ischemic heart disease is a major global health issue, responsible for 17.9 million deaths annually. In Qatar, 69% of deaths result from three major diseases: cardiovascular disease (24%), c…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Kratom is a type of plant within the coffee family found in Thailand and the surrounding Indochina area. Kratom has been used in the area for thousands of years as a natural pain reliever. C…
Translational Medical Science
Stroke is a leading cause of both morbidity and long-term disability. Timely and accurate detection is critical, as ischemic stroke (IS), caused by blood clots blocking brain circulation, an…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT/A) represents a serious biological threat to global public health due to its extreme toxicity and its prolonged persistence. Recently, several camelid singl…
Translational Medical Science
Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a serious complication associated with diabetes that can lead to vision loss in middle-aged and older adults. Caused by chronic high blood sugar levels, poor gly…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cardiac complications associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection include arrhythmias, myocarditis, and heart failure. However, the pathogenesis underlying COVID-19-induced cardiac dysfunction rema…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has been associated with a range of cardiovascular complications, including arrhythmias and cardiomyopathy. This study investigates how the SARS-CoV-2 spike p…
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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder affecting millions of women worldwide. It is characterized by irregular periods, alopecia, hyperandrogenism, infertility, hirsutis…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a subtype of breast cancer which has none of the known unique biomarkers of the other subtypes. There is no established targeted treatment for TNBC an…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Individuals with conditions like "lazy eye," amblyopia, and strabismus have been experiencing issues with peripheral vision. This study aims to test if VR use in gaming can improve periphera…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US. Among the various forms of cancer, breast cancer and lung cancer are particularly significant due to their prevalence and impact. Breas…
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Affecting approximately one in every 1000 babies born in the U.S., congenital hydrocephalus (CH) is the abnormal build-up of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricles of the brain. CH resu…
Translational Medical Science
Cancer remains one of the most significant global health challenges, with the c-MYC proto-oncogene implicated in over 50% of cases, particularly in solid tumors. When dysregulated, c-MYC pro…