bisphenol-a (bpa) is an industrial xenoestrogen used widely in our living environment. recently, several studies suggested that bpa has destructive effects on dna and chromosomes in normal body cells via estrogen receptors (er). therefore, bpa could be considered as an important mediator in many diseases such as cancer. however, there are still many controversial issues which need clarification...

the acid-base equilibria of glycine have been studied in different aqueous solutions of 1,4-dioxane(0-50 % by v/v) using potentiometric method. in this study, the macro and micro protonationconstants of the amino acid and its tautomeric constant have been determined at 25 °c and constantionic strength 0.1 mol dm-3 (nacl). the protonation and the tautomeric constants of glycine indifferent binar...

cell replacement therapy has provided the basis for future clinical applications to treat central nervous system injury, a common result of car accidents. induced functional motoneurons are an option for replacing the lost motoneurons. adipose derived stem cells (adscs) are an appropriate source of cells for autologous cell therapy with the ability of neural differentiation. in this study, adsc...

background: colorectal cancer is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. it has been suggested that tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 (timp-1) plays a particular role in cancer promotion. the objective of the present study was to compare the effect of repeated measurement of carcinoembryonic antigen (cea) and timp-1 plasma levels in a follow-up response t...

discussion this is the first iranian 3-oxothiolase deficiency case report as searched in the literature. because of the high rate of consanguineous marriages in iran, physicians should consider the 3-oxothiolase deficiency in the differential diagnosis of any patient with intractable vomiting and severe metabolic acidosis. case presentation this is a case report of 3-oxothiolase deficiency in a...

conclusions vaccine based on the conjugation of p. aeruginosa pao-1 lps with dt increased anti-lps antibodies and had a significant potential to protect against pseudomonas infections. background treatment of pseudomonas aeruginosa pao-1 infections through immunological means has been proved to be efficient and protective. objectives the purpose of this study was to produce a conjugate vaccine ...