Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine are interrelated terms and go hand in hand whether we discuss about cells (of any kind especially stem and progenitor cells), bio-materials as matrices (2D films, 3D forms of scaffolds, nanofibers, hydrogels, nanoparticles, aerogel, microcapsules, mats, biogel for 3D printing, blends of naturals and/or synthetics , and others), and addition of bioact...

The Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences (IJBMS) is a peer‐reviewed, monthly publication by Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (Mashhad, Iran). It is currently indexed in major national and international scientific databases such as Science Citation Index (ISI), PubMed Central, Scopus, EMBASE, BIOSIS Previews (Biological Abstracts), and Chemical Abstracts (CA). An analysis of manuscrip...

Scientific publishing in the modern era, has been exclusively the domain of research giants of the West. Iran as an emerging Middle Eastern research hotspot has managed to gain a foothold in this area. Years of perseverance are starting to pay off; Iranian publications are currently enjoying better visibility and more credibility than ever before. Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences (IJBM...

Basic sciences constitute the most abundant sources of creativity and innovation, as they are based on the passion of knowing. Basic knowledge, in close and fertile contact with medical and public health needs, produces distinct advancements in applied sciences. Basic sciences play the role of stem cells, providing material and semantics to construct differentiated tissues and organisms and ena...

I wish to welcome you to this Christmas issue of African Health Sciences which we have produced with a sense of satisfaction and relief. We have chosen a physiology/biochemistry paper as the lead original article just to emphasize the importance of basic sciences in the health sector. For without a grasp of basic sciences, our scientists will just grope in the dark, and the rest of the world wi...

Objective: To review the normal human acid-base physiology and the pathophysiology and management of acid-base disturbances in a two-part presentation. Data sources: Articles and published peer-review abstracts and a review of studies reported from 1990 to 2000 and identified through a MEDLINE search of the English language literature on acid-base balance. Summary of review: In a healthy indivi...

introduction. total exam in medical basic sciences as an authorization for entering to the next level is held every year. to assess the statistical results of total medical basic science exam. methods. the statistical results of 12th to 24th basic sciences comprehensive exam were studied through a descriptive and applied project. the grade, average and the percentage of answering to the questio...

BACKGROUND In Japan, the field of Basic Sciences encompasses clinical, academic, and translational research, as well as the teaching of medical sciences, with both an MD and PhD typically required. In this study, it was hypothesized that the characteristics of a Basic Sciences career path could offer the professional advancement and personal fulfillment that many female medical doctors would fi...

fakharian e1 (md), tagharrobi z 2 * (msc), mirhoseini f3 (msc), rasoulinejad sa2 (phd), akbari h4 (msc), ameli h5 (msc)    1 neurosurgery department, kashan medical faculty, kashan university of medical sciences, kashan, iran   2 health & management nursing department, kashan nursing & midwifery faculty,   kashan university of medical sciences, kashan, iran   3 anesthesiology department, kashan...