Dengue fever of tropics is a mosquito transmitted devastating disease caused by dengue virus (DENV). There is no effective vaccine available, so far, against any of its four serotypes (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4). There is a need for the development of preventive and therapeutic vaccines against DENV to decrease the prevalence of dengue fever, especially in Pakistan. In this research, l...

The influenza A (H1N1) virus, also known as swine flu is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality since 2009. There is a need to explore novel anti-viral drugs for overcoming the epidemics. Traditionally, different plant extracts of garlic, ginger, kalmegh, ajwain, green tea, turmeric, menthe, tulsi, etc. have been used as hopeful source of prevention and treatment of human influenza. The H1N...

Aims: The need for new drug molecules is of high significance considering the rate at which pathogenic bacteria evolve into drug-resistant pathogens. Actinomycetes have been reported as valuable biological agents that possess potent bioactive molecules. This work aims to isolate local strains actinomycetes in environment and determine their antimicrobial activities against some clinical isolate...

The harshness of legionellosis differs from mild Pontiac fever to potentially fatal Legionnaire's disease. The increasing development of drug resistance against legionellosis has led to explore new novel drug targets. It has been found that phosphoglucosamine mutase, phosphomannomutase, and phosphoglyceromutase enzymes can be used as the most probable therapeutic drug targets through extensive ...

OBJECTIVES To identify genetic defects in an Omani family diagnosed with deafness.  METHODS A cross-sectional association study was conducted at the Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khoud, Oman and the Centre of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium between August 2010 and September 2014. Microsatellites mark...

Major ampullate spidroin (MaSps) from orb-weaver spp spider has recently gained interest due to its exceptional characteristics. The biomechanical and biochemical properties MaSps offer potential in harvesting exploiting as a promising bio-based product. However, the current research on structural elucidation focused more onto Nephila clavipes web rather than pilipes which are common this regio...

Introducción: Las placas amiloides son uno de los marcadores neuropatológicos la enfermedad Alzheimer, formadas por fragmentos peptídicos que se depositan, derivados del corte proteasa enzima γ-secretasa, cual presenilina-1 es subunidad con el sitio activo, posible investigar a nivel evolutivo sucede esta proteína en una muestra homínidos. Materiales y métodos: hace un estudio biología estructu...

Abstract: Aim: LK (B-lymphocyte kinase) is a protein from the family SRC (Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase), an important cell signaling molecule that influences cellular response. The BLK kinase has been potential target for cancer therapy. As result, this could be initial step toward development of novel inhibitors to fight cancer. Materials and Methods: A homology model human tyrosine ...

Background: Immunoglobulins are a group of proteins have important role in defense against microorganisms. Human immunoglobulins are divided into five classes: IgA, IgM, IgD, IgE and IgG. Immunoglobulin G (IgG) is the highest abundant antibody in serum and extravascular fluids. The extent of serum IgG is related to severity of several diseases such as infections, so IgG has great diagnostic wor...