Leishmania is a parasitic protozoan with more than two-dozen species causing the disease leishmaniasis. It is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected female phlebotomine sand-fly vector. In the past two years ...

Aim: Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing (ESBL) Escherichia coli are a public threat worldwide. This study aimed at analyzing the genomic and functional attributes of nine ESBLs taken from rectal swabs. Materials & ...

Heterogeneous networks are expected to play a major role towards meeting the exploding traffic demand over cellular systems. Particularly, existing WiFi hotspots will be dynamically utilized to offload the traffic of ...

Bluetooth wireless technology is being installed in almost any electronic or information device for ad-hoc connectivity among them. Up to eight Bluetooth devices can form a network called a piconet. Interconnecting multiple ...

Background: Topotecan (TP) is an anticancer drug currently being used in the treatment of several cancer types including leukemia. However, due to its dose-limiting cytotoxicity, combination treatments have been investigated ...

Smartphones are evolving at a fast rate in terms of their computational, storage, and communications capabilities. A high-end smartphone is equipped with multiple wireless interfaces with varying bit rates, energy consumption ...

Background: Previous studies showed that kefir, a fermented milk product, exhibited anti-tumoral activity in vivo; yet its mechanism of action remains elusive. Recent studies have focused on the mechanism of action of kefir ...

Antioxidant supplements are considered as being favorable for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. There is a debate regarding the effect of selenium on the incidence of diabetes mellitus: even though some clinical trials ...

Thymoquinone (TQ), the bioactive constituents of the volatile oil of Nigella Sativa seeds, has shown promising beneficial pharmacological effects such as inhibiting the proliferation and inducing apoptosis of several types ...

Topotecan, a topoisomerase I inhibitor, is an anticancer drug widely used in the therapy of lung, ovarian, colorectal, and breast adenocarcinoma. Due to the primary dose-limiting toxicity of topotecan, which is myelosuppressive, ...