Background: Bone is a mineralized dynamic tissue, helps to protect and support the body. Osteoarthritis damages the cartilage and is responsible for the degeneration of the bone. Many cell-based thera ... Read More

Background: Myiasis is the infestation of humans or other animals with the larvae of flies that occurs in the tropical and subtropical regions, worldwide. The objectives of the present study were to e ... Read More

Background: In vitro techniques are an efficient tool to select salt tolerant lines in several plant species. The impacts of increasing salt concentration on membrane lipids oxidation and oxygen free ... Read More

Background: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is one of the most common blood cancers among adults. Genetic abnormalities associated with core-binding factor AML (CBF-AML) help in accurate diagnosis and pr ... Read More

Background: The spread of viral and microbial agents is active in Pig-breeding units. Due to illness, animals lose their productivity, which can affect the economy of the enterprise. The purpose of ou ... Read More

Background: Rice is a water loving crop and drought stress at any physiological stage can hamper the growth as well as its yield. Hence this research was conducted to assess the drought tolerance capa ... Read More

Background: Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID–19) has appeared as a deadly pandemic affecting most of the countries across the world. The disease has caught humanity unprepared; therefore, there has bee ... Read More

Background: Begomoviruses belongs to the family Geminiviridae. These viruses are associated with various satellite DNA molecules (alpha satellites, delta satellites, and betasatellites). Methods: T ... Read More

Background: The role of computed tomography (CT) was crucial in detecting coronavirus disease 2019, their diagnostic performances were evaluated frequently in the high disease prevalence regions. In c ... Read More

ackground: Hepatitis C infection is spreading worldwide at an alarming rate and Pakistan is the second largest country to be infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). Abnormal levels of alanine aminotra ... Read More

Background: This study was conducted to evaluate the determinants of anxiety among the people living in hassled environment for last few months due to outbreak of COVID-19. Methods: 279 participant ... Read More

Background: Nosocomial infections present a major threat because of the increased prevalence of clinical cases appearing among both developed as well as developing countries thus resulting in an alarm ... Read More

The outbreak of coronavirus-19 (NCoV-19) has developed a universal crisis due to high rate of infection and mortality. Therefore, the researchers are using various available methods to study the patte ... Read More

Rice tablets (especially aluminum phosphide) as a solid fumigant pesticide is one of the major areas of interest within the field of pesticide poisoning due to high fatality. It is commonly used in gr ... Read More

Coronavirus has blowout worldwide from the time when its revelation in Hubei Province, China in December 2019 introducing a genuine general wellbeing emergency. The capacity to recognize an irresistib ... Read More

omato (Solanum lycopersicum) is an essential plant because of its social and economic importance. Therefore, research have been focusing on improving tomato production. The introduction of clustered ... Read More

Current studies were made to investigate the phytochemistry, nutritional and pharmacological studies on Prunus Avium L. (sweet cherry or wild cherry). The plant is a rich source of many phytochemicals ... Read More

Background: Tuberculosis is an aerosol transmitted disease of human beings caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). The only available vaccine for Mtb is Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Currently n ... Read More

Background: To identify bladder cancer specific methylated DNA sequences for the Saudi population in order to detect and predict bladder cancer progression. Methods: In this study, we analysed DNA met ... Read More

Background: Coronavirus causes extremely contagious infection and currently is a major threat for the public health globally. The aim of this study was to evaluate the current level of awareness towar ... Read More

ackground: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is among the smallest DNA viruses resulting in ~800,000 deaths each year. Pakistan is considered a country affected by HBV. In Pakistan, the most dominant genotype ... Read More

Background: Exploration of beneficial bacteria as probiotics inputs are drawing interest in dairy industry but their long-term survival and viability is an important consideration. Methods: The curren ... Read More

Background: Organic farming is an eco-friendly approach in the agricultural production system that ensures food safety, reduces health problems, promotes environmental conservation, and generates empl ... Read More

Background: Organic acids contain one or more carboxylic acid groups which are linked with covalent bond and have acidic properties that can enhance the reservation of protein and some other nutrients ... Read More

ackground: Biofilm formation in indwelling medical devices poses serious risk of infection and increases the likelihood of recurrence of infections. The study was carried out to identify the microbes ... Read More

Background: The study of ancient DNA enables the examination of genetic associations between past and present individuals and populations. The recovery and analysis of human DNA from degraded samples ... Read More

Background: Fruits are beneficial to maintain good health, but microbes can spoil them. To avoid spoilage of fruits different harmful preservatives are being used that pose danger to human health and ... Read More

ackground: Poultry sector is a vital zone of Pakistan economy and is a feasible source of animal derivative protein. In term of mortality and morbidity the development of this segment is significantly ... Read More

ackground: For medicinal purposes, biological activities are carried out on plant secondary metabolites in which common but very significant antimicrobial activities are focused. To evaluate the antim ... Read More

Neem trees have long been considered the holy grail of holistic and nature-based treatments. The medicinal properties that constituents of the trees possess to range from traits that are immunomodulat ... Read More

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited disease resulted due to a single mutation in beta globin gene. It changes normal red blood cells into sickle-shaped cells, just rendering their ability to car ... Read More

Pakistan has a unique population for the study of recessive genetic diseases due to a higher consanguinity rate. Hearing impairment is the loss of hearing normal sounds, and it is a common sensory dis ... Read More

Background: Aflatoxigenic Aspergillus strains have emerged as a serious threat to food safety and quality assurance. The objective of this study was to identify the aflatoxigenic Aspergillus sp. by t ... Read More

Background: Nitrifying bacteria in aquaculture environments are capable of removing toxic nitrogen compounds such as ammonium and nitrite. Using these indigenous microbial resources can improve shri ... Read More

Background: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by a single gene mutation, leading to sickle-shaped red blood cells, causing many clinical complications. Resulting com ... Read More

Background: Soil salinity; concentration and or accumulation of salts may pose severe risk on soil productivity and in turn concerned population and farmers. Salt-influenced lands in Pakistan were sp ... Read More

Background: Methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is creating crises in therapeutic options for the treatment of S. aureus associated infections, worldwide. Nevertheless, Zinc oxide ... Read More

Background: This is the first study that has been done in Morocco with the aim of optimizing protection and protocols in diagnostic radiology, by using Monte Carlo simulation and Optically Stimulated ... Read More

Background: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors are the receptors that switch-on DNA responding elements as heterodimers with nuclear retinoic acid. These are the transcription factors and be ... Read More

Background: Onion (Allium cepa L.) is one of the most essential plants in food with high nutritional value. However, application of right dose of phosphorous (P) is one of the constraints to the prof ... Read More

Background: Genetic diversity and population structure of the olive varieties cultivated in Pakistan are yet to be explored. Methods: In present study, we studied population structure and genetic di ... Read More

Background: The incidence of multiple drug resistance tuberculosis is on the rise worldwide and Pakistan is one of 30 high TB burden countries. Resistance to second line drugs especially fluoroquinol ... Read More

Background: In December 2019, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Novel Coronavirus 2 (SARS-nCOV2) was identified as potential causative agent for COVID-19 in the Wuhan City of China. This disease spre ... Read More

Background: Polyhydroxyalkanoates are intracellular polymers comparable to synthetic plastic in their thermostable and elastomeric properties. PHAs are produced by bacteria under various nutrient – n ... Read More

Background: The present study was conducted to compare the growth performance and ultimately to calculate the profitability of the two locally available commercial strains of broiler (Ross 308 and Co ... Read More

Background: Drought stress is one of the most limiting factors of plant production around the world. So, finding a way for increasing genotypes resistance is so important. Free radicles and other dyn ... Read More

Background: The Rh system is considered as the most complex among the human blood group systems, with 61 antigens identified to date. This study aimed to provide preliminary data on the distribution ... Read More

Background: APOBEC3G (Apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme, catalytic polypeptide-like 3G) gene is one of the genetic host factors, have been linked with HIV-1 AIDS predisposing and protection in dif ... Read More

Background: Multiple documentary evidence comprising genome wide association studies have established association of TLR7 and TLR9 gene polymorphisms with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Present ... Read More

Natural competency for genetic transformation of Streptococcus pneumoniae causes the emergence of novel or non-vaccine preventable pneumococcal serotypes. This phenomenon has become a global concern ... Read More

Regarding the increasing growth of the population and importance of food security, Iranian Ministry of Agriculture has prioritized and encouraged greenhouse farming products. One of the developmental ... Read More

This study has been carried out to analyze research papers published on Stevia rebaudiana during 1966- 2019 using a bibliometric approach. The data is mined from the Web of Science Core Collection, r ... Read More

Background: Salmonella is a potential human pathogen that causes salmonellosis, a food-borne disease. Addressing these major food safety and public health issues with effective monitoring of food-bor ... Read More

Background: Rose is a commercially important shrub. This research aimed to observe the influence of different plant growth hormones on development of shoots and roots of Rosa Indica L. in tissue cult ... Read More

Background: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is a severe cardiovascular complication prevalent in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The risk factors of this disease are so high that it became one of the majo ... Read More

Background: Thyroid hormones have a vital role in metabolism of lipids, cholesterol etc. They also have an important role in phosphorous and calcium homeostasis by their direct effect on bone turnove ... Read More

: Diclofenac is widely prescribed for its analgesic and anti-inflammatory actions but it also has some harmful effects on the kidney. The current study was conducted to elucidate the possible mechan ... Read More

In late November and early December of 2019, wildfires occurred over portions of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. More than 4,000 ha were affected by the wildfires. The objective of the rese ... Read More

Chenopodium quinoa is a newly introduced drought resistant crop in Pakistan. Studies regarding the efficacy of bioactive compounds present in this plant are scarce. Therefore, the current investigat ... Read More

: Liver injury and dysfunction is one of the major health concerns throughout the world. Several herbal formulations are reported to exert beneficial effects on the biochemistry of the liver. Method ... Read More

Sugarcane is basically a water loving crop and scarcity of water is not only affecting its overall production but its total sugar contents as well. Somaclonal variation is an intriguing phenomenon to ... Read More

The experiment describes the establishment of in vitro conditions for seed germination, micropropagation, callogenesis, organogenesis and acclimatization of Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad, of fam ... Read More

The fermentation of sugars into ethanol even in the presence of oxygen is referred to as the Crabtree effect. The yeast cells displaying Crabtree effect are indicated as Crabtree-positive yeast. Sac ... Read More

The present study characterized extracellular carboxymethyl cellulase (CMCase), an enzyme catalyzes the hydrolysis of the cellulose, from Trichoderma asperellum PQ34 that was isolated from agricultu ... Read More

Background: The objectives of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the nasal cavity and to determine the effectiveness of decolonization ... Read More

Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a threat to global health. In 2018, TB related death was estimated to be more than 1.5 million cases worldwide. Conventional diagnostic method, which req ... Read More

Coffee is one of the massive tropical crops in developing countries and historically understudied in subjects of crop nutrition and administration. Arabian coffee (Coffea arabica) plant belongs to th ... Read More

Global public health is facing significant challenges in terms of emerging and re-emerging pathogens. The world is facing a new public health crisis emergence and spread of Coronaviruses outbreaks es ... Read More

hyperhomocysteinemia (Hcy) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and associated with primary causes of mortality and morbidity throughout the world. Association between Hcy ... Read More


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