Breast cancer is the most prevalent malignancy in women throughout the world. Similar to other cancers, a strong relationship between breast cancer and environmental factors such as infectious agents has been reported. Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite which may play a role in cancer induction. The present study aimed to investigate a possible association between a history of T. gondii ...

in the surgical treatment of malignant tumors, it is crucial to characterize the tumor as precisely as possible. the determination of the exact tumor location as well as the analysis of its properties is very important in order to obtain an accurate diagnosis as early as possible. in neurosurgical applications, the optical, non-invasive and in situ techniques allow for the label-free analysis o...

objective: different cryoprotectants are used for cryopreservation of ovarian tissue in patients at risk of infertility. ethylene glycol (eg), dimethyl sulfoxide (dmso) and propanediol (proh) have been chosen as the basic permeable cryoprotectants due to their decreased glass-formation characteristics compared to other cryoprotectants. in the present study, the effects of two different vitrific...

zinc (zn) as a nutritional factor affects the health of the oral tissues. this study was done for the evaluation of the effects of zinc deficiency on the oral tissues of rats. the study was carried out on 14 male wistar rats, cessation of lactation on the 24th day after birth. the rats were randomly divided into two groups. zinc deficient (zd) diet was used for one group and another group was f...

the measurement of anti-streptokinase antibodies can distinguish the patients who may benefit from streptokinase and those who should be treated with some other thrombolytic regimen. neutralising titration test is a commonly used classical assay for measuring anti-streptokinase antibodies and in this assay the ability of anti-streptokinase antibodies in patients' sera in preventing the lytic ef...

introduction: nowadays the necessity of the existence of a certain width of keratinized gingiva is emphasized upon to maintain periodontal health and prevent soft tissue recession around teeth and dental implants. this study was carried out to compare two gingival graft procedures including connective tissue graft and graft with a combination of collagen sponge with platelet-rich plasma and pla...

background: denture stomatitis is a common oral lesion following the use of ill-fitting dentures. a layer of tissue conditioner is usually used to improve adaptation of the denture. these liners can support the in vivo adhesion and colonization of the oral candida . the aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of the two common antifungal agents mixed with tissue conditioner against candi...

This study aimed to investigate accuracy in different sectional planes of the TMA Grand Master (3DHISTECH) Workstation various soft tissue samples collected from Wistar rats. A total 108 animals were sacrificed and 963 specimens 12 soft-tissue types. 3307 cores punched transferred into 40 recipient blocks. Digital image analysis was performed. Core loss showed a significant correlation with typ...