Policymakers may need to make a break with the past

Break to Make a Connection

Meiosis is the cell division program utilized by most sexually reproducing organisms as a strategy to produce haploid gametes (i.e., sperm and eggs) from diploid parental cells. As suggested by its name, which stems from the Greek word meaning ‘‘to diminish or reduce’’, meiosis reduces the chromosome number by half. This is accomplished by following a single round of DNA replication with two co...

Traditional Medicine: The Need to Revive and Return to the Past amid the Outbreak of Coronavirus

Importance of this therapeutic method in Iran is more prominent than other countries in the world for two main reasons; the first one is plant richness, biodiversity, having 11 climates of 13 world-known climates, and diversity of 8000 plant species that are considered as an exclusive capacity in Iran. The second is considering the possibility of inadequate access to medicine at the internation...

CFTR: break a pump, make a channel.

R arely do the two broad motivations propelling molecular biological research—discovery of intricate molecular mechanisms and understanding the underlying causes of human disease—converge in a single system. An example of such convergence is provided by cystic fibrosis (CF), an all-toocommon genetic disease characterized by devastating chronic lung infection in children and young adults (1). Th...

We need a break: Bisphosphonates.

Bone is a dynamic tissue. It remodels, thereby maintaining serum calcium, repairing micro damage and maintaining strength. A reduction in the strength of bone leads to osteoporosis that may manifest clinically as low energy vertebral and non-vertebral fractures. The bone strength, in turn, is determined by its material, structural properties and on its remodeling potential. Commonly, osteoporos...

Poverty and Civil War: What Policymakers Need to Know