BMJ

Cascade testing effectively identifies undiagnosed sickle cell disease in The Gambia: a quality improvement project

Objective Sickle cell disease (SCD) has a high mortality during childhood in many low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Early diagnosis improves outcomes but newborn screening is not well ...
SciELO

Heat transfer by three types of hot pack and its implication on the flexibility of the lower back: a randomized, controlled trial

The use of hot pack is a common superficial thermotherapy strategy and one of its benefits is the increase of muscle flexibility. However, there is a lack of information about the effects of the heat ...
PNAS

Croquemort elicits activation of the immune deficiency pathway in ticks

The arthropod immune system, which has been largely studied in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, utilizes the immune deficiency (IMD) pathway to defend against most Gram-negative bacteria. Recent ...
C&EN

Development of Mupirocin-Impregnated Bacterial Cellulosic Transdermal Patches for the Management of Skin Infection

Fermentation & Microbial Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir180001, India Clinical Microbiology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute ...