Neuroblastoma, one of the common malignant childhood tumors, arises from neuroblast cells derived from theneural crest and destined for the adrenal medulla and the sympathetic nervous system and shows remarkable biologicalheterogeneity, resulting in favorable or unfavorable outcomes. Some tumors make rapid progress with a fataloutcome. In other instances, the tumors regress spontaneously in inf...

Studies argue in favor of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) as the next potent therapeutic agent for neurodegenerative diseases. In present study, we investigated effect long term treatment with NaHS (as donor H2S) on induction and progress 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) -induced Parkinsonism rat. The 6-OHDA was injected into medial forebrain bundle right hemisphere by stereotaxic surgery. Behavioral tests tr...

Background: Root-knot nematodes are known to cause significant damage to eggplants. New approaches by green silver nanoparticles (GSN) are used to control plant-parasitic nematode to avoid chemical nematicide hazards.Objectives: Analyses of the incorporation of different concentrations of nanoparticles on two different algae (Ulva lactuca and Turbinaria turbinata) were carried out. Fureth...

Four-stranded DNAs including G-quadruplexes and i-motifs are formed from four stretches of identical bases (G or C). A challenge remains in controlling the intermolecular folding of different G-rich or C-rich strands due to the self-association of each component. Here, we introduce a well-designed bimolecular i-motif that does not allow the dimerization of the same strand, and illustrate its us...

The genetic structure of the genus Alburnus is not well known and the phylogenetic relationships among its species are uncertain. In the present study, simple sequence repeats (SSRs or microsatellites) were used to evaluate genetic diversity and genetic differentiation between Alburnus mossulensis Heckel, 1843 from Kashgan River in Lorestan province and Alburnus caeruleus Heckel, 1843 from Gama...