Jordan University of Science and Technology (Irbid, Jordan), Research Triangle Institute (North Carolina, USA) and Virgina Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virgina, USA) were granted an R21 planning grant funded by FDA, USA through an International Cooperative Biodiversity Group (ICBG) program to study the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s flora and soil microorganism as a source of new ...

Abstract C. trachomatis infections in women may cause pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic pain, and infertility. In the mouse model, genital Chlamydia disseminates systemically to infect spleen. Removal of spleen (splenectomy) abrogates hydrosalpinx pathology female reproductive tract (FRT), although it does not affect FRT clearance. Ascension upper (uteri, ovaries, oviducts) is critical for d...

Abstract Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an effective therapy for treating recurrent C. difficile infection. However, the FMT mechanism of action poorly understood, and implementation limited. A previous study from our lab identified a critical role CD4+ FoxP3+ regulatory T cells (Treg) in enabling engraftment subsequent resolution Here, we investigated cellular cytokine network regul...

Hypertrophic scars result from sub-optimal wound healing and are characterized by excessive permanent differentiation of dermal fibroblasts into muscle-like myofibroblasts. While most treatments aim to reduce once they formed, early interventions accelerate closure will the over-activation myofibroblasts may prevent scar development. Exosomes showed promise in reducing fibrosis various disease ...

Lentigo maligna (LM) and lentigo-maligna melanoma (LMM) are pigmented skin lesions that may exist on a continuous clinical and pathological spectrum of melanocytic skin cancer. LM is often described as a "benign" lesion and is accepted as a melanoma in situ; LM can undergo malignant transformation to particularly aggressive melanoma. LMM is an invasive melanoma that shares properties of LM, as ...

Diagnosis of scrub typhus is difficult because its symptoms are very similar to other acute febrile illnesses, such as leptospirosis, murine typhus, and other viral hemorrhagic fevers. To differentiate scrub typhus from other acute febrile diseases, a rapid and reliable serological diagnosis is important. We have developed a chimeric recombinant antigen cr56 and two other recombinant antigens, ...

Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Lagrange Multiplier Tests for Panel Seemingly Unrelated Regressions with Spatial Lag and Spatial Errors: An Application to Hedonic Housing Prices in Paris This paper proposes maximum likelihood estimators for panel seemingly unrelated regressions with both spatial lag and spatial error components. We study the general case where spatial effects are incorporated...

Lessons Learned from the Largest Tenure Mix Operation in the World: Right to Buy in the United Kingdom In the last few decades, urban renewal policies have taken firm root in many Western European countries. Underlying these renewal policies is a strong belief in negative neighborhood effects of living in poverty concentration areas, often neighborhoods with a large share of social housing. In ...

Minority and Immigrant Homeownership Experience: Evidence from the 2009 American Housing Survey Using data from the 2009 American Housing Survey and Hazard Model, this paper provides empirical evidence that the homeownership experience during the recent housing boom and housing bust was not homogenous across all groups in the U.S. The recent deterioration of underwriting practices and a boom in...