25th Anniversary Edition

25th Anniversary Edition: Human Dendritic Cell Subsets for Vaccination

The immune system evolved to protect us from microorganisms. The antigen (Ag)-nonspecific innate immunity and Ag-specific adaptive immunity act in concert to eradicate pathogens, through cells, such as macrophages, granulocytes, dendritic cells (DCs), and lymphocytes, and through effector proteins such as cytokines, antimicrobial peptides, complement, and antibodies (1–3). Lymphocytes (T cells,...

AI EDAM 25th anniversary

When AI EDAM started 25 years ago, AI was a buzz word and it was expected to revolutionize the way engineering design, analysis, and manufacturing (EDAM) were conducted. It did not revolutionize EDAM unfortunately. There was no visible landmark over the past 25 years at least in the EDAM areas. Instead of such “gold medals,” what we now see is numerous steady stepwise improvements that AI techn...

Introductory editorial to 30th anniversary edition

We are highly privileged to write this editorial at such a significant moment for the Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran (MJIRI) as this journal celebrates its 30- year tradition as an accessible source of scholarly articles on the basic and clinical medical sciences, rigorously edited, and progressive.   The MJIRI was launched by Iran National Center for Scientific Research ...

Outcomes Research Consortium's 25th Anniversary.

The 25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Accident

The nuclear accident at the Chernobyl plant in 1986 is described and a summary of its immediate effects on people and the environment outlined. Then there is a summary of the important parts of the literature on diseases and deaths resulting from radiation and mortalities to date and the way mortality data became increasingly conservative over the years is discussed. Today, there is still uncer...