INTRODUCTION Tetracyclines (TCs) are widely used in animal husbandry and their residues in milk may resultin harmful effects on human. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of TCs residues in various bovine milk samples from local markets of Ardabil, Iran. METHODS One hundred and fourteen pasteurized, sterilized and raw milk samples were collected from markets of Ardabil. Tetr...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to conduct a seroprevalence survey in Meshkin-Shahr, Ardabil Province, north western Iran to detect the rate of human fascioliasis in the city and nearby villages. Literature shows that no such study has been conducted so far. METHODS Overall, 458 serum samples were collected by randomized cluster sampling method from 153 males and 305 females referred to ...

BACKGROUND The rates of gastric cancer reported from Ardabil Province of Iran, are among the highest in the world. The aim of this study was to investigate the risk factors for gastric cancer in Ardabil Province. METHODS This case-control study was conducted on 128 adults with mean age of 56.5 ± 12.8 yr old in Ardebil City, Iran in 2010 - 2011. Forty-two people with gastric cancer and 86 heal...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Gastric cancer, as the fourth most frequent malignancy worldwide, has the highest rate among cancer-related disorders in Ardabil province, located in North-West Iran. Methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase is one of the cancer susceptibility genes with considerable polymorphisms. Methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase C677T leads to a decrease of about 30% in its product activity an...

In this assay, edible cattle tissues from local markets of Ardabil, a Province of Iran, were examined for residues of tetracycline antibiotics (tetracycline, oxytetracycline and chlortetracycline). In total, 110 samples of triceps, gluteal muscle, diaphragm, kidney and liver were randomly obtained from the local markets of the city of Ardabil. Solid-phase extraction (SPE) and high-performance l...

Williams syndrome...people with intact language, intact face processing and very low IQ, right? Wrong! That’s the propagated myth because, if it were true, it would be such an elegant example of innate modularity at the genetic, brain and cognitive levels. But numerous labs across the world have shown that although vocabulary levels can be surprisingly high in Williams syndrome children, they a...