Intention to Special Edition

Special Edition: Editorial

It is surprising that over 60 years have elapsed since the first use of influenza vaccines, yet with the advances in biotechnology that have occurred in the interim, the majority of the influenza vaccines that we use today are still non-living viral antigens produced in a relatively uncontrolled substrate, the embryonated chicken egg. It is also surprising that the impact of seasonal influenza ...

MJM Special Abstract Edition

Investigation of positional and orientational contributions to visual shape integration in amblyopic patients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Richard Dallala, Robert Hess, Behzad Mansouri, Yi-Zhong Wang Nrf2 and Cul3 are potential biomarkers for the evaluation of chemoresistant breast cancer . . . . ...

Special 45th Anniversary Edition

Special Edition of Gut Microbes

Gastrointestinal infections causing diarrhea represent a huge public health problem in all parts of the world. Every year there are about three billion cases of diarrheal disease worldwide, resulting from contaminated food and water sources. In developing countries, diarrheal disease is the second-leading cause of death in children (second only to pneumonia), particularly in children younger th...

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 ...