Farnoosh, Gholamreza

Nanobiotechnology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

[ 1 ] - Organophosphate compounds and their biodegradation; using enzymes as an increased efficiency approach

Organophosphorus compounds are widely used in pesticides, insecticides in agriculture and as nervous chemical agents. These chemicals inhibit the acetylcholinesterase enzyme activity that is responsible for the nervous impulse in organisms. This effect leads to an increase in acetylcholine level and finally neuronal complications. Many methods are used to degrade and decontaminate these compou...

[ 2 ] - Nowruz coincides with Covid 19 in Iran - a catastrophe is coming?

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the pandemic outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which began in December 2019 in Wuhan, China (1).  Iran was the 25th country affected by COVID-19. According to the Iranian Ministry of Health, every 12 minutes, one person dies in Iran because of CO...