The potential of viruses as anti-cancer agents was first realized in the early twentieth century, although coordinated research efforts did not begin until the 1960s. A number of viruses including adenovirus, reovirus, measles, herpes simplex, New ...
The vast majority of newborns enter the world healthy. But sometimes, infants develop conditions that require medical tests and treatment. Newborns are particularly susceptible to certain diseases, much more so than older children and adults. Thei ...
Tularemia is a serious and potentially life-threatening zoonosis caused by Francisella tularensis , an aerobic catalase-positive, gram negative coccobacilli. It ...
Cancer is a genetic disease; tumor cells differ from their normal progenitors by genetic alterations that affect growth-regulatory genes. There exist 2 classes of such cancer genes: the oncogenes, which function as positive growth regulators, and ...
Clinical trials are the final step in a long process that begins with research in a lab. Before any new treatment is used with people in clinical trials, researchers work for many years to understand its effects on cancer cells in the lab and in a ...
Biomechanics, the application of mechanical principles to living organisms, helps us to understand how all the bony and soft spinal components contribute individually and together to ensure spinal stability, and how trau ...
Organ transplant is a major area of research in the field of medicine and surgery. The process of organ transplants has been able to save several lives. Some of the most common transplantation is related to liver, heart, ...
Newborns have an immature immune system that renders them at high risk for infection while simultaneously reducing responses to most vaccines, thereby posing challenges in protecting this vulnerable population. Neverthel ...
Ingrown toenails occur when the edges or corners of your nails grow into the skin next to the nail. Your big toe is most likely to get an ingrown toenail. Use a pair of tweezers to gently push a tiny piece of cotton or gauze into the corner of you ...
Tumor is a state where uncontrolled growth of cells would observe. The recent developments in medicine and human physiology revealed that the close proximity of tumor and Immunology, which lead to new field Tumor Immunol ...
It is a characteristic that is objectively measured and evaluated as an indicator of normal biological processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacologic responses to a therapeutic intervention. A biomarker (biologic marker) is a measurable indicat ...
Neonatal nursing is a subspecialty of nursing that works with newborn infants born with a variety of problems ranging from prematurity, birth defects, infection, cardiac malformations, and surgical problems. The neonatal period is defined as the f ...
Clinical Pathology is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that focuses on all aspects of clinical pathology, including pathogenesis, diagnostics, the genetic basis of pathology, translational res ...
A forensic odontologist must first earn a Doctor of Dental Science (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) degree to become a dentist. Extensive additional training is required in the techniques and methods of forensic odontology, ...
International Journal of Forensic Odontology, a publication of Saveetha Dental College & Hospitals, is a peer-reviewed online journal with Semiannual print on demand compilation of issues published. The journal’s full text is available o ...
Maternal-fetal medicine (MFM), also known as perinatology, is a branch of medicine that focuses on managing health concerns of the mother and fetus prior to, during, and shortly after pregnancy. Maternal-fetal medicine specialists are physicians w ...
International Journal of Forensic Odontology, a publication of Saveetha Dental College & Hospitals, is a peer-reviewed online journal with Semiannual print on demand compilation of issues published. The journal’s full text is available o ...
An imaging biomarker is a biologic feature, or biomarker detectable in an image. In medicine, an imaging biomarker is a feature of an image relevant to a patient's diagnosis. For example, a number of biomarkers are frequently used to determine ...
A blockage in your lung is serious, so it's important to spot the signs and get medical help.Arterial embolism can cause occlusion in any part of the body. It is a major cause of infarction . An embolus lodging in ...
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common condition in multiple clinical settings. Patients with AKI are at an increased risk of death, over both the short and long term, and of accelerated renal impairment. As the condition has become more recognized ...