Background: Awareness about the variable vascular anatomy of superior mesenteric artery is imperative for appropriate clinical management. Present study not only augments anatomical literature pertaining to mesenteric vasculature but also adds to the clinical acumen of medical practitioners in their clinical endeavors. Case summary: The present study reports the occurrence of anomalous branch, ...

Thyroid disorders are common worldwide and the biggest fear amongst most patients with neck swellings is thyroid cancer. We need simple techniques in our clinics to diagnose and treat patients with thyroid disorders in order to initiate the right treatment as well as to alleviate patient’s anxiety. Incomplete information and ignorance regarding these techniques prevents many clinicians to benef...

to assess heritability, gene action and combining ability of rice varieties for characteristics related to grain appearance and cooking quality, the progenies derived from direct and reverse crosses of the 6×6 complete diallel together with their parents included hashemi, hassani, shahpasand, kadous, vandana and ir36 were grown in a randomized complete block design with three replications in th...

TOPIC: Diffuse Lung Disease TYPE: Fellow Case Reports INTRODUCTION: Fluorouracil (5-FU) is a chemotherapy medication often used alone or in combination with other agents (e.g., FOLFOX regimen) to treat gastrointestinal malignancies. Adverse effects of 5-FU include pancytopenia, alopecia, cardiotoxicity, and symptoms. We describe rare case pulmonary toxicity associated 5-FU. CASE PRESENTATION: T...

E822 CMAJ, December 10, 2013, 185(18) © 2013 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors The invitation extended to Dr. Vandana Ahluwalia to purchase an electronic medical records system for her Brampton, Ontario, rheumatology practice was both welcome and challenging. On the one hand, the offer came with a tantalizing cash incentive — up to $28 000 in free money from the Ontario and federal ...

The genomics revolution in biology has enabled technologies with unprecedented potential; genetic engineering is changing the terrain of development studies. Societies have reacted with indifference or appreciation to genetically engineered pharmaceuticals, beginning with insulin; yet for food and agriculture, a globally contentious politics and unprecedented policy dilemmas have arisen. Transg...

Transgenic seeds in both India (Bt cotton) and Brazil (glyphosate-resistant soybeans) spread widely and rapidly through farming communities outside the reach of biosafety or bioproperty institutions. Stealth transgenics are saved, cross-bred, repackaged, sold, exchanged and planted in an anarchic agrarian capitalism that defies surveillance and control of firms and states. The outcome is more p...

10 INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH Volume 7 | Issue 5 | May 2017 | 4.894 ISSN 2249-555X | IF : | IC Value : 79.96 e demographic variables such as age, weight, ASA status and duration of surgery was comparable in both the groups. (P>0.05) (Table 1). e mean time of onset of sensory and motor block was significantly faster in Group BD (8.8±0.91min, 11.36±0.952) than Group BC (11.14±1.13min, 1...

Most conjunctival disorders are self-limiting and seldom affect vision, but some may lead to blindness, if left untreated. The available treatment options have some drawbacks, which limit their use in clinical practice. Though mild or moderate cases of infectious conjunctivitis are treated with topical antimicrobials, viral conjunctivitis remains a major problem in clinical practice and the tre...

24 Identification of a novel class of anti-Burkholderia compounds is key in 25 addressing antimicrobial resistance to current therapies as well as naturally 26 occurring resistance. The FabI enoyl-ACP reductase in Burkholderia is an 27 underexploited target that presents an opportunity for development of a new 28 class of inhibitors. A library of substituted diphenyl ethers were used to identif...