stem/progenitor cell based therapeutic approach in our daily routine clinical practice, has been elusive dream in medical sciences and improvement of stem cell homing as one of major challenges in cell therapy programs, has been considered a promising milestone. it has been proved that stem/progenitor cells exhibit a homing response to injured tissues/organs, mediated by interactions of chemoki...

objective(s):mesenchymal stem cells (mscs) derived from wharton’s jelly (wj-mscs) are now much more appealing for cell-based infertility therapy. hence, wj-mscs differentiation toward germ layer cells for cell therapy purposes is currently under intensive study. materials and methods: mscs were isolated from human wharton’s jelly and treated with bmp4, retinoic acid (ra) or co-cultured on human...

objective: mindfulness skills are assumed to be related with emotions. deficits in emotion ‎regulation could lead to development and persistence of mood disorders. dysthymia and double ‎depression are two chronic types of depression. this chronicity can be attributed to the one’s ‎inability to regulate his/ her mood. in this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of mindfulness-‎based cognitive...

introduction: the present study aims at determining the efficacy of family based cognitive-behavioral therapy on children's anxiety. methods: in a quasi-experimental study, 120 girls’ with the ages of 10-11 with scores above 24 on the spence children's anxiety scale were enrolled. the mothers completed the spence children's anxiety scale-parent version. mothers and children were randomly assign...