Silk suture material is primarily composed of silk fibroin and regarded as a non-resorbable material. It is slowly degraded by proteolysis when it is implanted into the body. 4-Hexylresorcinol (4HR) is a well-known antiseptic. In this study, the biodegradability of 4HR-incorporated silk sutures were compared to that of untreated silk sutures and polyglactin 910 sutures, a commercially available...

BACKGROUND Hippocampal sclerosis (HS) is a neuropathological finding that frequently occurs with pathologies, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Prevalence estimates of HS in autopsy-confirmed dementia samples have varied between 0.4% and 24.5%. However, the prevalence of HS within other pathologic groups has not been well characterized. METHODS Utilizing a sample of 910 prospectively followed...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the tensile strength of surgical synthetic absorbable sutures over a period of 14 days under simulated oral conditions. METHODS Three suture materials (polyglycolic acid [PGA], polyglactin [PG] 910, and poly (glycolide-co-є-caprolactone) [PGC]) were used in 4-0 and 5-0 gauges. 210 suture samples (35 of each material and gauge) were used. All o...

The human microbiome has a fundamental role in skin homeostasis, barrier function and host immune networks. Acute chronic conditions are often associated with imbalances host-microbiome-immune interactions. Despite recent advances research, there limited models for studying these interactions healthy diseased skin, therefore we have developed model to investigate how different profiles alter ep...

consists of 85 species, occurring mainly in Iran and westward to Syria, Turkey and Europe. It is represented in Pakistan by 8 species. Onosma hispida WALL. is a perennial herb up to 70 cm tall with a prominent taproot, it is widely distributed in the northern areas of Pakistan. The plant has cooling, laxative, anthalminitic and alexipharmic effects, and is also used to treat diseases of the eye...

Aiming to investigate the possibility of electromagnetic fields (EMF) developed by nonionizing radiation to be a noxious agent capable of inducing genotoxicity to humans, in the current study we have investigated the effect of 910-MHz EMF in rat bone marrow. Rats were exposed daily for 2 h over a period of 30 consecutive days. Studying bone marrow smears from EMF-exposed and sham-exposed animal...