The SELDI technology is a technique that measures the content of different proteins in blood samples from patients. Many research groups have shown that there appears to exist a relation between the concentrations of speci c proteins and cancer disease. The output from the SELDI system is a result of mass-spectrometry and is a spectrum containing the concentrations of thousands of separate prot...

Rapid wound-healing is crucial in protecting potato tubers from infection and dehydration. Wound-induced suberization and the accumulation of hydrophobic barriers to reduce water vapour conductance/loss are principal protective wound-healing processes. However, little is known about the cognate mechanisms that effect or regulate these processes. The objective of this research was to determine t...

As part of the certification campaign of three candidate reference materials for the determination of aflatoxin M1 (AfM1) in whole milk powders, homogeneity, short- and long-term stability tests of naturally contaminated milk powders have been performed. The homogeneity of two AfM1-contaminated milk powders was studied by taking samples at regular intervals of the filling sequences and analysin...

The cyanobacterial neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) has been considered a serious health threat because of its putative role in multiple neurodegenerative diseases. First reports on BMAA concentrations in cyanobacteria were alarming: nearly all cyanobacteria were assumed to contain high BMAA concentrations, implying ubiquitous exposure. Recent studies however question this presence o...

Lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency syndromes represent a group of rare genetic disorders of HDL metabolism that have been the subject of a large number of clinical, biochemical, and genetic studies. Of special interest are patients with LCAT-related disorders with severe HDL deficiency and the apparent absence of premature atherosclerosis. This finding is inconsistent with t...

BACKGROUND Fatty liver disease (FLD) is commonly associated with insulin resistance and obesity, but interestingly it is also observed at low insulin states, such as prolonged fasting. Thus, we asked whether insulin is an independent modulator of hepatic lipid accumulation. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In mice we induced, hypo- and hyperinsulinemia associated FLD by diet induced obesity and str...

This research paper demonstrates authentic materials to enrich the student evaluation of teaching henceforward (SET) at Foreign Languages Department (FLD), namely; an electronic online questionnaire adopted from National Center for Academic Accreditation and Evaluation Taif University that was used as a  tool by students evaluate teachers' practices. It aimed mainly enhance sta...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and alcohol-related (ALD), both of them accounting for (FLD), are among the most common chronic diseases globally, contributing to substantial public health burden. Both NAFLD ALD share a similar picture clinical presentation yet may have differences in prognosis treatment, which renders early accurate diagnosis difficult but necessary. While is fastest...