objective: multiple myeloma (mm) is a plasma cell malignancy where plasma cells are increased in the bone marrow (bm) and usually do not enter peripheral blood, but produce harmful factors creating problems in these patients (e.g. malignant plasma cells over activate osteoclasts and inhibit osteoblasts with factors like rankl and dkk). these factors are a main cause of bone lesion in mm patient...

Background: lead (Pb) is one of the most important environmental pollutants that affect the male reproductive system. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the protective effect of green tea extract (GTE) against testes damage induced by Pb. Materials and Methods: Forty adult male mice were randomly divided into four groups (n= 10), as following: Control, GTE, Pb and Pb+GTE treate...

This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of Satureja khuzistanica essential oils (SKEO) on performance, serum metabolites and differential counts of white blood cells in broiler chickens. A total of 280 one-day-old straight-run Cobb 500 broiler chickens were allocated into seven treatment groups with four replicates of 10 birds each from day 1 to 42 of age. The birds were continuously...

Cord blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta following birth, which is usually discarded It contains red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and plasma, like blood. In addition, cord blood is a rich source of stem cells that may have potentially lifesaving benefits for your baby and family. The cord blood of baby serves as an abundant source of stem cells. Thes...

transfusion of blood products from an infected person with aids, is meant to infect recipient. blood products such as whole blood, red blood cells, platelets, plasma, frozen blood precipitate, factor viii, factor ix, can be infected with hiv. transmissions from blood factors can be seen in plasma from thousands of donors that were collected in a container and were used to treat hemophilia. bloo...

  The salinity tolerance, hematological and hydromineral regulation capabilities of juvenile Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) were investigated in different ages and sizes in freshwater (FW: 0.05) but differed in experimental media (p < 0.05). Signifi cant differences were observed between the levels of plasma ion concentrations in different media (p < 0.01). Plasma Na+, K+ and Ca+2...

A 57-year-old man presented with a history of peripheral T-cell lymphoma that was diagnosed 2 years previously and that recurred 1 year later after 6 cycles of combination therapy with cyclophosphamide, daunorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone. A complete blood count showed an elevated white blood cell count (1.533 10/mL), normocytic anemia, and thrombocytopenia. A comprehensive metabolic pane...