Background: With 748,300 new cases diagnosed every year, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the 5th and the 7th most common cancer among males and females, respectively, and causes 7% of all cancer-related deaths. HCC represents more than 90% of primary liver cancers. Objective: The aim of the present study was to recognize the stages of HCC at presentation in patients who were diagnosed at King...

Mark H. Carpenter∗, Comput. AeroSciences Branch (CASB) NASA LaRC, Hampton, VA 23681, USA, Matteo Parsani†, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Extreme Computing Research Center (ECRC), Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences & Engineering (CEMSE), Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia , Travis C. Fisher‡, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87123, USA, Eric J...

OBJECTIVE To determine the distribution of ABO blood group and rhesus (RH) factor among pregnant women, to estimate the prevalence of Rh alloimmunization, and report the perinatal outcome of all cases of Rh alloimmunization at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital (KAUH). METHODS This is a retrospective study of pregnant women attending the antenatal clinics in KAUH, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia betwe...

Constant surveillance of microbial pathogens is essential for combating infectious diseases which account for at least a quarter of all illnesses. This prospective study was designed to provide information on the incidence of Gram-positive bacterial infections in King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A total of 98 Grampositive isolates were obtained and identified. Th...

King Abdullah University of Science & Tec 23955-6900 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. E-mail: Institut de Sciences Analytiques (CNRS/EN Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs, 6910 Department of Chemical Engineering, Un 95616, USA. E-mail: [email protected] † Electronic supplementary information procedures, supporting characterization t prepared compounds are provided. See D ‡ These authors contributed equal...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of flour fortification with folic acid on the incidence of neural tube defects (NTDs) in babies. We also report the pattern of NTDs, and we compare it with those reported previously. METHODS All babies who were born with NTDs at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital (KAUH), Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between 1997 and 2005 were included in the study. The inc...

DIONYSIOS E. RAITSOS1,2,3*, ANTHONY WALNE1, SAMANTHA J. LAVENDER2,4, PRISCILLA LICANDRO1, PHILIP C. REID1,2 AND MARTIN EDWARDS1,2 1 SIR ALISTER HARDY FOUNDATION FOR OCEAN SCIENCE (SAHFOS), THE LABORATORY, CITADEL HILL, PLYMOUTH PL1 2PB, UK, MARINE INSTITUTE, PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY, DRAKE CIRCUS, PLYMOUTH PL4 8AA, UK, RED SEA RESEARCH CENTRE, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KAUS...

a Plymouth Marine Laboratory, PL1 3DH Plymouth, UK b AZTI—Tecnalia, Marine Research Division, Herrera Kaia z/g, E-20110 Pasaia, Spain c University of the Basque Country, Department of Computer Science and AI, Intelligent Systems Group (ISG), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, 1, E-20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain d King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Research Center,...

Background: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is the most common human enzymopathy affecting 400 million people, globally. G6PD deficiency is an X-linked genetic condition, which is more likely to affect males than females. Heterozygous females go undetected in a commonly used method. The aim of the study was to identify & rationalize different biochemical methods for detectio...

Olav Rune Godø1*, Nils Olav Handegard1, Howard I. Browman1, Gavin J. Macaulay1, Stein Kaartvedt2, Jarl Giske3, Egil Ona1, Geir Huse1, and Espen Johnsen1 Institute of Marine Research, PO Box 1870 Nordnes, 5817 Bergen, Norway King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia University of Bergen, PO Box 7800, 5020 Bergen, Norway *Corresponding author: tel: +47 55238500; fax...