Saeed Shokri1*, Masoud Hemadi2 and Robert John Aitken3 1Anatomy Department, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, 2Fertility and Infertility Research Center, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, 3ARC Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology and Development, Discipline of Biological Sciences, University of...

Introduction: The CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) is known as the main co-receptor in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Accumulating evidence verified 32bp deletion both alleles of CCR5 provides natural resistance to HIV Accordingly, recent therapeutic approaches are based on gene and cell therapies by inducing this resistance. Allogeneic transplantation stem cells with CCR5Δ32 homoz...

Mehrdad Beykverdi 1,*, Abolfazl Jalilvand 2 and Mehdi Ehsan 3 1 Department of Electrical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran 15785, Iran 2 Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Zanjan, Zanjan 45195, Iran; [email protected] 3 Department of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 11155, Iran; [email protected] * Corresp...

 Background & Objective:  Lifestyle is an important factor in determining family and community health. Therefore, the current study aimed to determine the status of mothers' lifestyle in Zanjan province, Iran.  Materials & Methods:  The study is part of a national cross-sectional project implemented by the National Institute for Medical Research Development (NIMAD) in Iran. This study used mul...

Garlic is one of the export crops which has a global reputation in terms of taste and quality. Zanjan province produces 23 percent of total garlic crop of Iran and is one the hubs of garlic production in the country. Effective factors on marketing of garlic is not well studied in this province. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is analysis of factors affecting marketing of garlic in zan...

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is the most common form of acute hepatitis in adults in endemic regions of Asia. In a descriptive, cross-sectional study, anti-HEV antibody was measured in patients referred to the 2 haemodialysis centres in Zanjan city, Islamic Republic of Iran. Among 93 patients with chronic renal failure, mean age 57.0 (SD 18.5) years, antibodies against HEV were positive in...

A new genus and species of digamasellid mites is described based on adult females males. Bulbolaelaps bossei n. gen., sp. was collected from the fruiting bodies gilled fungi a tree trunk in Zanjan province, Iran. The can be distinguished other genera Digamasellidae by having bulbous swollen protuberance venter palptrochanter; corniculi weakly formed epistome sclerotised; hypostomal setae h1 h2 ...