introduction: iron deficiency anemia is an important limiting factor for the number of donations in regular donors. limited data is available on the iron status in iranian donors. this study was conduced to evaluate the prevalence of iron deficiency and its related factors in blood donors at shiraz blood transfusion centre in 2005. methods: this descriptive study was done on all blood donors wh...

Background: Human T-cell lymphotropic viruses 1 (HTLV1) is endemic in specific regions. We aimed to determine the prevalence of HTLV I infection among blood donors in southeast Iran.   Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between April 2005 and March 2015. Sera were collected from blood donors and were tested for the presence of HTLV1 specific antibody using ELISA. Reactive sample...

This document provides the latest recommendations for evaluation of potential sperm, oocyte, and embryo donors as well their recipients, incorporating recent information about optimal screening testing sexually transmitted infections, genetic diseases, psychological assessments. revised incorporates from US Centers Disease Control Prevention, Food Drug Administration, American Association Tissu...

PurposeOver the last several years, number of deaths from drug overdose has increased. Heart transplantation (HT) utilizing donor hearts patients dying expanded pool. The current standard method organ procurement includes use an ice cooler (ICE), which adds risk tissue freezing injury. SherpaPak Cardiac Transport System (CTS) is a controlled hypothermic preservation technology that maintains he...

OBJECTIVE To characterize the profile of effective organ and tissue donors and to understand which organs and tissues were donated for transplantation. METHODS This was a quantitative, descriptive, exploratory, retrospective study that analyzed clinical data from 305 donors between January 2006 to December 2010. The data were then analyzed using descriptive analyses, generating frequency tabl...

the hepatitis g virus (hgv) is a newly discovered rna virus, which is associated with acute or chronic hepatitis. a survey was conducted in thalassemic patients, intravenous drug users (ivdu) and blood donors aiming to investigate the prevalence of hepatitis g virus (hgv) infection in these groups in tehran. the presence of hgv rna in these populations was determined using reverse transcriptase...

The application of gaseous signaling molecules like NO, H2S or CO to overcome the multidrug resistance in cancer treatment has proven be a viable therapeutic strategy. development CO-releasing (CORMs) controlled manner and targeted tissues remains challenge medicinal chemistry. In this paper, we describe design, synthesis chemical enzymatic stability novel non-metal CORM (1) able release intrac...