The COVID-19 pandemic is an eminent threat posed by nature to the survival of whole community. cost X it imposes upon community can be mitigated community’s pre-emptive public goods: early warning system, capacity for monitoring, contact tracing and isolating infected persons, strength its health system cultivated readiness cooperate with anti-COVID protocols. provides these goods in a nonstrat...

background and aims: adenovector gene transfer induces inflammatory response that finally leads to vector removal from delivered site. the effect of hydrodynamic pre-injection on adenovector mediated liver inflammation remained elusive. materials and methods: different mice groups were pre-treated by hydrodynamic saline, dexamethasone or nothing prior to adeno-luciferase administration. their s...

Laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) is not a commonly performed procedure due to the difficulty associated with surgical reconstruction. We present our preliminary results after intracorporeal circular stapling esophagojejunostomy using the newly developed transorally inserted anvil (OrVil™, Covidien, MA, USA). Between 2008 and June 2013, 51 patients underwent laparoscopic gastrectomy with D2 ...

background: natural products have gained importance recently for the treatment of obesity and its complications, partly because of the side effects of modern drugs.hence, we aimed to study and compare the effect of varying concentrations of momordicacharantiaon adipogenesis and adipolysis using 3t3-l1 pre-adipocyte cell lines. methods: 3t3-l1 pre-adipocytes were procured from the national cente...

Computed tomography confirmed the recurrence of cholelithiasis in the common bile duct (CBD) and in the dilated right hepatic duct associated with atrophy of S6–7 hepatic segments (●" Fig.1). Multiple stones and pus were extracted from the CBD during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, which revealed a tight stricture, which could not be bypassed using several guide wires and upstre...

background: iran is one of the countries with considerable road traffic injuries.  pre-hospital interventions have an important role in preventing mortalities and disabilities caused by traffic accidents.the present study aimed to explore the barriers of pre-hospital care in traffic injuries in tehran, iran. methods: a qualitative content analysis approach was conducted based on 21 semi-structu...

background: imbalances between the oxidant-antioxidant status have been implicated in the pathogenesis of several diseases, including oral cancer. majority of oral cancer are preceded by a well-recognized group of pre-malignant lesions. however, only a small fraction of those lesions, undergo malignant transformation. hence, there is a great need to identify biological markers, which will assis...