Context: Recently, stem cell research has gained great public interest and different cell-based clinical trials have started in Iran. The objective of this study was to provide an overview of clinical cell transplantation researches in Iran, which has assumed a leadership role in the Middle East. Evidence Acquisitions: To evaluate the state of clinical cell transplantation researches in Iran, w...

The article analyzes the political situation in Middle East first decade of 16th century and increasing tension between two powers this region - Shaybani Khan, ruler Turan, Ismail Safavi, Iran. battle Merv countries its causes, factors Khan's defeat, Central Asia as an aftermath will be analyzed.

High aerosol levels pose severe air pollution and climate change challenges in Iran. Although regional optical depth (AOD) trends have been analyzed during the dusty season over Iran, specific factors that are driving spatio-temporal variations winter AOD influence of meteorological dynamics on remain unclear. This study analyzes long-term Iran period 2000–2020 using updated Modern-Era Retrospe...

Two mummified bats were found in an ancient salt mine near Chehrabad, NW Iran. One complete and one partial skeletons, both associated with parts of the pelage, identified as Eptesicus gobiensis, a bat species rare Middle East. The comparison skull statistical evaluation craniodental data showed this to belong identical taxon previously collected Qutur Su caves, Iran; part Iran is thus area bro...

Abstract A transgression of the Tethys Ocean occurred in east central Iran, like other areas Ocean, around Yakhtashian/Bolorian (regional chronostratigraphical units corresponding with Artinskian/Kungurian Early Permian) transition. This led to development a carbonate platform that is represented Shirgesht area on northern part Tabas Block by Bagh-e-Vang Formation, which constitutes only known ...

based on specimens collected from east azerbaijan province during 2009-2012, five genera and nine species of the family scathophagidae are recognized. eight species including: cordilura rufipes (meigen, 1826), gimnomera montana ozerov et krivosheina, 2013, norellisoma spinimana (fallén, 1819), parallelomma albipes (fallén, 1819), scathophaga kaszabi (šifner, 1975), scathophaga lutaria (fabriciu...

conclusions in this study, phylogenetic reconstruction of hcv-1 sequences clearly indicated for molecular tracing and ancestral relationships of the hcv genotypes in iran, and showed the likelihood of domestic origin for hcv-1a and various origin for hcv-1b. evidence acquisition the phylogenetic analyses were performed based on the nucleotide sequences of ns5b gene of hcv genotype 1 (hcv-1), wh...

Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL) is a condition caused by new bone developing in the posterior longitudinal ligament within the spinal canal. OPLL is a common cause of myelopathy in East Asian countries. Here, we report a case with OPLL in thoracic and lumbar spine in Kermanshah, West of Iran. Case: A 40 years old man gradually developed lower extremities paresis with ...

As a result of the entomological surveys in the Near East, seventeen species of biting midges of the genus Dasyhelea Kieffer are reported. Five new species are described and illustrated from adult males: D. (Dicryptoscena) antonii sp. nov., D. (Pseudoculicoides) avia sp. nov., D. (Ps.) libanensis sp. nov., D. (Ps.) nauta sp. nov. and D. (Ps.) sandrageorgei sp. nov. Among the remaining species, ...