Introduction: Petrositis is a rare but severe complication of acute otitis media and mastoiditis. Despite efficient antibiotic therapy, there are still reports of both intratemporal and intracranial complications of otitis media with the potential risk of high morbidity and mortality. Petrositis has traditionally been treated with surgery, but recent advances in imaging, with improved antibioti...

Parkin Regulates Mitophagy and Mitochondrial Function to Protect Against Alcohol1 induced Liver Injury and Steatosis in Mice 2 3 Jessica A. Williams, Hong-Min Ni, Yifeng Ding, Wen-Xing Ding* 4 5 Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical 6 Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA 7 8 9 10 11 12 *Correspondence to: Wen-Xing Ding, Ph.D., Department of Phar...

Siham Zerhouni, MD is a surgical resident with the Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and a graduate student in the Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Toronto General Research Institute and Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto. J. Andrea McCart, MD, MSc, FRCSC is the Director of the Ontario Peritoneal Malignancy Program; associate Professor in t...

the use of an inorganic phase in water-in-oil (w/o) microemulsion   has   received considerable attention recently for preparing metal oxide   nanoparticles. this is a technique, which allows preparation of ultrafine   metal oxide nanoparticles within the size range 40 to 80 nm. preparation of   nano zno and cr 2 o 3 studied, investigated in the inverse   microemulsion system. therefore the nuc...

Children’s Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research, Sydney, NSW. Maria Kavallaris, BAppSc, PhD, Group Leader and NHMRC RD Wright Fellow, Pharmacoproteomics Group, Experimental Therapeutics Program; Glenn M Marshall, MD, FRACP, Head, Molecular Carcinogenesis Program; and Director, Centre for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW. Reprints: Dr Mari...

Surgical procedures have rallied over the last decade with higher precision and less invasiveness [1]. Moreover, advent of micromachines resuscitated catheters manufacturing rekindled medical devices industry [2]. Technological efforts are perpetrated to subvert beleaguered operations ensure precise diagnosis therapeutics by using advanced multifunctional multiplexed system.