background: to evaluate the radioprotective potential of punica granatum fruit rind extract (pgre) in mouse testes. materials and methods: adult male mice were divided into four groups. group i was kept without any treatment. group ii was irradiated with 8gy co60 gamma irradiation and group iii was given pgre one hour before irradiation. group iv was fed with pgre at the rate of 10 mg/kg body w...

The genetic diversity among Canadienne, Brown Swiss, Holstein, and Jersey cattle was estimated from relationships determined by genotyping 20 distantly related animals in each breed for 15 microsatellites located on separate chromosomes. The Canadienne, Holstein, and Jersey cattle had an average of six alleles per loci compared with five alleles for Brown Swiss. Furthermore, a number of potenti...

We assessed the risk of overweight and obesity for six large migrant groups in Switzerland. We used population-based survey data form the Swiss Migrant Health Survey 2010 and the Swiss Health Survey 2007. The sample comprised permanent residents aged 17 64 years (n = 14,637). Multivariate logistic regressions have been used to estimate odds ratios (OR). Compared with Swiss nationals, the odds o...

The Indo-Swiss partnership has been based on the principles enunciated by the Swiss Commission for Research Partnership with Developing Countries. It provides support for scientific research projects, exchange of scientists and building partnerships for science. The 11 Principles of Research Partnership have been elaborated under the following headings: 1. Decide on the objectives together 2. B...

background: this study was carried out to observe the radioprotective effects of rosemarinus officinalis leaves extract (roe) against radiation-induced histopathological alterations in liver of mice. materials and methods: adult swiss albino mice were exposed to 6 gy gamma radiation in the presence (experimental) or absence (control) of roe to study the qualitative and quantitative alterations ...

background: radiotherapy is the main modality of cancer treatment. there are many chemical radioprotectors which unfortunately have lethal or toxic effect. therefore the search is on to find out natural plant based radioprotectors. a well known medicinal plant,which is more acceptable to the body, tinospora cordifolia, was tested in animal tissues against gamma radiations. radioprotective effec...

BACKGROUND In spite of a detailed and nation-wide legislation frame, there exist large cantonal disparities in consumed quantities of health care services in Switzerland. In this study, the most important factors of influence causing these regional disparities are determined. The findings can also be productive for discussing the containment of health care consumption in other countries. METH...

Background: Radiotherapy is the main modality of cancer treatment. There are many chemical radioprotectors which unfortunately have lethal or toxic effect. Therefore the search is on to find out natural plant based radioprotectors. A well known medicinal plant,which is more acceptable to the body, Tinospora cordifolia, was tested in animal tissues against gamma radiations. Radioprotectiv...

Background As universal health coverage becomes the norm in many countries, it is important to determine public priorities regarding benefits to include in health insurance coverage. We report results of participation in a decision exercise among residents of Switzerland, a high-income country with a long history of universal health insurance and deliberative democracy.   Methods We adapted the...