Proliferation of human adipose tissue-derived stem cells stimulated by oil rich in thymol of Lippia origanoides.

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of this thymol-rich oil in the proliferation of human adipose tissue-derived stem cells.

Methods: Stem cells were isolated from human adipose tissue by liposuction. After the first passage, cells were cultivated in triplicate for three days in control medium and medium supplemented with three oil samples (1.

Surgical research in the north and northeast of Brazil.

Purpose: To evaluate the scientific production from the surgical areas from the State University of Para (UEPA), Federal Universities of Para (UFPA) and of Paraiba (UFPB), Brazil.

Methods: The scientific productions of professors in the last five years were classified according to the Qualis system of CAPES-Medicine III (http://qualis.capes.