Harnessing the power of miRNAs for precision diagnosis and treatment of male infertility.

Infertility is a multifactorial reproductive system disorder, and most infertility cases occur in men. Semen testing is now thought to be the most important diagnostic test for infertile men; nonetheless, because of its limitations, the cause of infertility remains unknown for 40% of infertile men. Semen assessment's shortcomings indicate the need for improved and innovative diagnostic techniques and biomarkers worldwide.

Exploring characteristics and severity of road traffic injuries in Lebanon using emergency department hospital-based data.

In Lebanon, the lack of quality data on road traffic injuries (RTIs) led to the implementation of a hospital-based RTI surveillance system by the Ministry of Health in in private and public-run hospitals in the Bekaa governorate. This paper aims to describe the characteristics and severity of RTIs recorded over two years during the pilot phase. It also assesses the strengths and challenges of the surveillance system, highlighting areas for enhancement.

Definition of a coordinate system for multi-modal images of the temporal bone and inner ear.

Purpose: The position and orientation of the head is maintained to be relatively similar during the CT / MR imaging process. However, the position / orientation dissimilarities present in the resulting images between patients, or between different scans of the same patient, do not allow for direct comparison of the images themselves or features / metrics extracted from them. This paper introduces a method of defining a coordinate system which is consistent between patients and modalities (CT and MR) for images of the temporal bone, using easily identifiable landmarks within the semicircular canals.

Red Sea Sponge Extract Induced Growth Inhibition and Apoptosis in Breast MCF-7 and Hepatic HepG-2 Cancer Cell Lines in 2D and 3D Cell Cultures.

Introduction: The increasing incidence of cancer diseases necessitates the urgent exploration of new bioactive compounds. One of the trends in drug discovery is marine sponges which is gaining significant support due to the abundant production of natural pharmaceutical compounds obtained from marine ecosystems. This study evaluates the anticancer properties of an organic extract from the Red Sea sponge on HepG-2 and MCF-7 cancer cell lines.