UNLABELLED Medicinal plants are presumed to be natural sources of antioxidants that protect organisms from oxidative stresses. The present investigation aims to study the anti-oxidative stress activity of the Stachys lavandulifolia (S. lavandulifolia) plant. This trial was conducted on 26 healthy human subjects. The study was done in a before after fashion. The included subjects were asked to c...

H ow do cells sort proteins at the trans-Golgi network (TGN) and package them into vesicles for delivery to their correct cellular destination? Surprisingly, examining the lipid content of those vesicles is helping researchers answer this fundamental question (1). Newly synthesized proteins traffi c through the secretory pathway and are sorted at the trans-face of the Golgi into vesicles for de...

Journal impact factors have become an important criterion to judge the quality of scientific publications over the years, influencing the evaluation of institutions and individual researchers worldwide. However, they are also subject to a number of criticisms. Here we point out that the calculation of a journal's impact factor is mainly based on the date of publication of its articles in print ...

Sir Macfarlane Burnet [1], who is far famed for his pioneer work on cancer surveillance, recommended clearly in his Brailsford Robertson Memorial Lecture that scientists should acquaint themselves with historical antecedents. Therefore, this paper documents such antecedents in respect of the drug treatment modalities used by cancer quacks. Quacks were presented in the 1725 History of Physic by ...

How data-network effects create opportunities and inflate expectations.