context triple negative breast cancer (tnbc) is a heterogeneous group of diseases that is negative for esterogen receptor (er) progesteron receptor (pr) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (her2). this type of breast cancer is typically high-grade carcinomas, although low-grade tumors occur. the aim of this review is to focus on molecular classification and features, prognostic markers...

background due to a recent alarming increase in the number of hiv-hcv co-infected patients in romania. objectives a cross sectional study was conducted to assess the baseline predictors of liver disease evolution. patients and methods 83 hiv-hcv co-infected patients, untreated for hcv infection, were evaluated for viral replication, liver fibrosis (estimated by a noninvasive marker - fib4), and...

historically, biomarkers have been used in two major ways to maintain and improve better health status: first, for diagnostic purposes, and second, as specific targets to treat various diseases.   a new era in treatment and even cure for the some diseases using reprograming of somatic cells is about to be born. in this approach, scientists are successfully taking human skin cells (previously co...

background: the present study was carried out on the human population of kashmir valley to evaluate the status of the biochemical parameters of infected population. materials and methods: blood samples were collected from 514 individuals, 298 (57.97%) males and 216 (42.02%) females, 187 (36.38%) were found sero-positive for human toxocariasis. results: alkaline phosphatase level was found highe...

the clinical behavior of asthma varies with age at onset. this study was undertaken to identify associated markers of adult-onset allergic asthma (age ≥20 years).this cross-sectional study compared two groups: 58 patients with asthma onset at <20 years and 66 with onset at ≥20 years. they were compared depending on results of clinical history, and body mass index (bmi), aeroallergen sensitizati...

inter simple sequence repeat (issr) markers were used to assess the genetic diversity among 23 outcross and self pollinated populations of fennel collected from different geographical regions of iran and some european countries. the experiment was carried out to determine the effect of self-pollination on morphological traits and genetic diversity in the next generation. fifteen primers produce...