A Decade

A Decade

Inm-4: A Decade of Cord Blood Banking in Iran

a:4:{s:10:"Background";s:2314:"The research made on stem cells through the last decade and following that the great achievements made applying stem cells in treating vast number of diseases have turned the issue of Cord Blood collecting and saving (cryopreserving) to a critical one. A prompt demand and access to stem cells and applying them in treating a wide range of terminal diseases have led...

A Decade of Riboswitches

Riboswitches were discovered in 2002 in bacteria as RNA-based intracellular sensors of vitamin derivatives. During the last decade, naturally occurring RNA sensor elements have been found to bind a range of small metabolites and ions and to exert regulatory control of transcription, translation, splicing, and RNA stability. Extensive biochemical, structural, and genetic studies have established...

A Decade of Transition

A Decade of Experience

Almost 30 years have passed since the first successful use of an artificial heart valve for the treatment of severe valvular heart disease. Replacement of dysfunctional native heart valves with either mechanical or bioprosthetic materials has become the standard therapy for hemodynamically significant lesions with over 110,000 such procedures performed worldwide in 1988. Despite the general suc...