heavy metal pollution by natural factors is a world-wide phenomenon. release of large quantities of heavy metals without handling proper processes that could decrease the concentration of such a material is a hassle that makes strains resistant to these heavy metals apart from entering into human food chain. in this research, wastewater of four firms in guilan province such as foolad, risandegi...

breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies among women. although chemotherapy remains a major therapeutic approach to treat cancers, drug therapy often fails for several reasons, particularly the drug resistance. resistance to multiple chemotherapeutic agents is one of the most important problems in the treatment of different types of cancers. therefore, in this study a resistant sub ...

Objective(s): Resistance to carbapenems is the principal reason for the continuing utilization of colistin as a last resort choice for treating the infections resulted from multidrug carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) isolates. The assessment of antimicrobial resistance pattern, the prevalence of carbapenem-resistance determinants, and molecular epidemiology of colistin-resistan...

Aminur Rahman (2016): Bioremediation of Toxic Metals for Protecting Human Health and the Ecosystem. Örebro Studies in Life Science 15. Heavy metal pollutants, discharged into the ecosystem as waste by anthropogenic activities, contaminate drinking water for millions of people and animals in many regions of the world. Long term exposure to these metals, leads to several lethal diseases like canc...

nowadays the most difficult problem in treatment of bacterial infections is the appearance of resistant bacteria to the antimicrobial agents so that the attention is being drawn to other potential targets. in view of the positive findings of phage therapy, many advantages have been mentioned which utilizes phage therapy over chemotherapy and it seems to be a promising agent to replace the antib...

A 33–year-old woman was visited at the dermatological clinic of Loghman-e-Hakim Hospital with multiple hypopigmented patches on her right arm, buttocks and flanks. Her lesions developed over the past year with no regression. Lesions were resistant to multiple antifungal therapies. Clinical examination revealed multiple circular or oval patches on the right arm, flank and sacral area. There was ...

background: heavy metals contaminations are recognized as the serious risk to our environment. the aim of the present study was to analyze heavy metals residue in cultivated mango samples from iran. methods: totally, 72 mango samples were randomly collected among six different mango genotypes cultivated in southern iran from june to july 2015. lead, chromium, cadmium, and arsenic were determine...

Background: Salmonella spp. are major causes of food-borne disease and have been identified among many diarrheal outbreaks. The major aim of the current investigation was to evaluate the class 1 and 2 integrons and antibiotic resistance pattern in Salmonella enterica isolated from diarrheal food-borne outbreaks in Iran.  Methods: This study was carried out on 115 diarrheal feces samples obtain...