Several site-directed mutagenesis methods have been developed and are being currently used in research. All these methods apply three or four primers, including one or two bearing the appropriate mutation, and most use PCR to amplify the desired sequence and to incorporate the mutation (1–6). Although several developments have improved the robustness and reliability of the method, all of them r...

Technologies that rapidly isolate viable single cells from heterogeneous solutions have significantly contributed to the field of medical genomics. Challenges remain both to enable efficient extraction, isolation and patterning of single cells from heterogeneous solutions as well as to keep them alive during the process due to a limited degree of control over single cell manipulation. Here, we ...

background: leukemia inhibitory factor (lif) is a 45-56 kda glycoprotein that has an important role in proliferation and embryo implantation. its effect on oocyte maturation and how to exert the function remained to be elucidated. methods: immature mice superovulated with human menopausal gonadotropin and germinal vesicle (gv) oocytes were obtained from ovary 48 hours after. gv oocytes were cul...

Predicting which cancer patients are at risk of thrombosis remains a key challenge to effective thromboprophylaxis. This study was based on the hypothesis that rapid release TF-containing MV occurs in cells possess high levels TF mRNA, permitting transient but amplified TF-protein production response cellular activation. To gather preliminary clinical evidence for this correlation between tumou...

soybean mosaic virus (smv) which belongs to the virus family potyviridae, causes a disease in soybean that is present in soybean-growing areas of the world, and is widely distributed in northern iran. detection of smv is very important for disease management. in the present study several serological and molecular (nucleic acid- based) methods of rapid virus detection were compared. serological ...

background: in the present investigation radiation and cadmium induced biochemical changes in the kidney of swiss albino mice have been studied. materials and methods: for this purpose, adult male swiss albino mice (6-8 weeks old) were divided into four groups. group i (sham-irradiated), group ii (treated with cdcl2 solution 20 ppm), group iii (irradiated with 1.25, 2.5 and 5.0 gy gamma rays), ...

cantharis q has a long history in both folk and traditional medicine being used as an aphrodisiac. it is a crude alcoholic extract of blister beetle lytta vesicatoria commonly known as spanish fly having cantharidin, a venomous substance present in it. the aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical application of cantharis q by assessing its effect on the vital organ, liver, for a sh...