Human Body-Fluid-Assisted Fracture of Zinc Alloys as Biodegradable Temporary Implants: Challenges, Research Needs and Way Forward

Magnesium, Zinc and Iron Alloys for Medical Applications in Biodegradable Implants

Biodegradable materials are developed for designing temporary medical implants, like fixation devices for fractured bones or stents. At present, polymeric biomaterials such as poly-lactic acid (PLA) are currently used in these applications. The disadvantage of polymers is a low mechanical strength, hardness and wear resistance that is the main limitation for the use in load-bearing implants. Fo...

Research in Unani Medicine: Challenges and Way Forward

Unani system of medicine is one of the oldest systems of medicine and existence of this system till now itself is an evidence of validity of its principles. However, the essence of any science is progress based on a continuous quest for new knowledge through research, development and newer applications. Unani medicine too should not be exception to this. With the same objective, Government of I...

Resources, challenges and way forward in rare mitochondrial diseases research

Over 300 million people are affected by about 7000 rare diseases globally. There are tremendous resource limitations and challenges in driving research and drug development for rare diseases. Hence, innovative approaches are needed to identify potential solutions. This review focuses on the resources developed over the past years for analysis of genome data towards understanding disease biology...

Physical environments of assisted living: research needs and challenges.

PURPOSE This article aims to review research measures and findings related to physical environments of assisted living (AL) according to multiple conceptual perspectives--ecological, cultural, and Maslovian hierarchy. DESIGN AND METHODS A literature and research review was undertaken with two foci: performance measures for physical environments, and environmental research findings themselves....

Health Systems Research in Pakistan: Issues, Challenges and Way Forward.