introduction: the prevalence of allergic airway diseases has dramatically increased in recent years all over the world. murine models of allergic airway inflammation have provided helpful information about treatment and cellular and molecular mechanisms of the disease. previous published works using murine models to investigate latex allergy did not introduce a complete characteristic eosinophi...

Objective: In traditional medicine, Ficus carica (also known as fig) latex is recognized as a remedy with various therapeutic effects. Recently, in vitro studies have reported the anticancer effect of this latex on cancer cell lines. This study evaluated the effect of this latex on breast cancer growth, hematological parameters, and histopathology in rats. Materials and Methods: Twenty-four fem...

trichomoniasis is a worldwide infection and due to its complications rapid and accurate diagnosis of infection especially in pregnant women is very important. in this study, development of a latex agglutination test using native antigens for rapid diagnosis of trichomoniasis is investigated. trichomonas vaginalis was harvested from tyis33 culture medium and anti trichomonas vaginalis antiserum ...

BACKGROUND High salinity (1-10% w/v) of tannery wastewater makes it difficult to be treated by conventional biological treatment. Salt tolerant microbes can adapt to these saline conditions and degrade the organics in saline wastewater. RESULTS Four salt tolerant bacterial strains isolated from marine and tannery saline wastewater samples were identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus fl...

hypersensitivity reactions to natural rubber latex have increased recently, especially among people with high exposure to latex allergens. hypersensitivity reactions to latex are related to many conditions like occupational asthma. our study was performed to determine the prevalence of hypersensitivity to natural rubber latex and potential food cross reactions in operation room personnel in shi...

Latex exploitation enhances latex regeneration in rubber trees. The latex exploitation-caused latex flow lasts from 10 min to a few hours, which is convenient for exploring the transcript profiling of latex metabolism-related genes at the different stages of latex flow. In the present study, the expression pattern of 62 latex metabolism-related genes involved in water transportation, carbohydra...

Polymers not only possess repairing functions concerning the concrete structures, but also due to their properties are used in making different types of polymer cements and improving the matrix structure of cement materials, enhancing the viscosity, mechanical, and stability power of concretes. Today, there is limited knowledge on the use of SBR in structural light aggregate concrete. In the pr...

the present study was conducted to examine the effect of using latex and nitrile examination gloves on hand dexterity.  a  sample  consisting  of  30  university  students  from  urmia  university  of  medical  sciences participated in this study in 2013. the participants conducted purdue pegboard test in three experimental conditions: bare hand (control), with latex gloves and with nitrile glo...