spirulina is free-floating filamentous microalgae growing in alkaline water bodies. as early as over 400 years ago, spirulina was eaten as food by the mayas, toltec’s and kanembu in mexico during the aztec civilization. spirulina is a well-known source of valuable food supplements, such as proteins, vitamins, amino acids, minerals, fatty acids, etc. it is widely used in human and animal nutriti...

Epilepsy is neurological disorders that afflict many people around the world with a higher prevalence rate in children and in low income countries. Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is result from hippocampal sclerosis is a neurological disorder with difficult treatment. Stem cells can transform into any type of cells such as glial cells, consequently stem cells can use for medical treatment. Stem c...

The slow Wallerian degeneration protein (WldS), a fusion protein containing amino-terminal E4B and full-length nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase 1 (Nmnat1), delays axon degeneration caused by physical damages, toxins and genetic mutations which result in patients being diagnosed with neurodegenerative diseases. It is still controversial whether the suppression of axonal degenerati...

Antimicrobial textiles have played an increasingly important protection role in the medical field. With this aim, Schiff bases and nanometal complexes on cotton fabric were situ synthesized for achieving conventional fabric’s highly efficient durable UV antibacterial properties. Herein, a new base derived from condensation reaction of 2,4-dihyroxybenzaldehyde with p-amino aniline was synthesize...

Avian influenza A H7N7/NL/219/03 virus creates a serious pandemic threat to human health because it can transmit directly from domestic poultry to humans and from human to human. Our previous vaccine study reported that mice when immunized intranasally (i.n) with live Bac-HA were protected from lethal H7N7/NL/219/03 challenge, whereas incomplete protection was obtained when administered subcuta...

Juvenile Batten disease (JNCL) is an autosomal recessive disease that results from mutations in the CLN3 gene. The wild-type CLN3 gene coding sequence has 15 exons, and the translated protein consists of 438 amino acids. The most commonly observed mutation is a 1.02 kb deletion in the genomic DNA. This deletion results in a truncated protein due to the loss of amino acids 154-438, and the intro...

The corrosion protection abilities of modified copper in 2-[((Z)-1-{6- [(2-sulfanylphenyl)ethanimidoyl]-2-pyridyl}ethylidene)  amino]-1- benzenthiol solution containing TiO2 nanoparticles were evaluated by Tafel  polarization  and  impedance  spectroscopy  in  3.5%  sodium chloride  solution.  The  samples  were  characterized  by  energy dispersive  X-ray  (EDX)  and  scanning  electron  mi...