As sensitive as human skin

Soluble Leishmanin as an Ideal Reagent for Skin Testing in Human Leishmaniasis

Delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction measured by skin testing, is an important tool for evaluation of cellular immune response in leishmaniasis and has been used recently as an indication of exposure to infection. Skin testing in leishmania infection needs a standard reagent with high specificity, sen‌sitivity, and potency. In the present work, a soluble leishmanin, and three whole parasite p...

Development a New Human Skin Continuous Cell Line Sensitive to Mumps Virus

Background and Aims: During the last years a new Foreskin cell line strain (RFSC) has been isolated, characterized and stored in a representative cell bank stock in liquid nitrogen as a part of HCB (Human Cell Bank) development program in Razi institute. Materials and Methods: The cell population was serially passaged for mass production purpose based on WHO schedule .The controls on pool sampl...

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PEDUNCULATED SACRAL LIPOMAPRESENTING AS A HUMAN PSEUDOTAIL

 ABSTRACT A long pedunculated egg-shaped lipoma of the sacrum in a newborn infant, presenting as a tail, was treated surgically. Occult spinal dysraphism may be accompanied with this entity. Investigations for underlying dysraphism and its treatment are mandatory.

The Human Skin as an Interface for Musical Expression

This paper discusses the utilization of human skin as a tangible interface for musical expression and collaborative performance. We present an overview of existing different instrument designs that include the skin as the main input. As a further development of a previous exploration [16] we outline the setup and interaction methods of ‘Skintimacy’, an instrument that appropriates the skin for ...