Silver/Snail Mucous PVA Nanofibers: Electrospun Synthesis and Antibacterial and Wound Healing Activities.

Healthcare textiles are gaining great attention in the textile industry. Electrospun nanofibers are considered the golden soldiers due to their strength, flexibility, and eco-friendly properties. The present study aimed to evaluate the potency of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) nanofibers loaded with newly biosynthesized silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) as a wound healing dressing.

Quantitative and Qualitative Genetic Studies of Some Acacia Species Grown in Egypt.

The objective of the current work is to study the genetic differentiation between species growing in Egypt as plant genetic resources based on morphological, biochemical, and molecular markers. The 20 replicates of tree collected from four localities from Egypt were ssp. and (Siwa Oasis and Borg El-Arab City), , (Marsa Matroh City), and (Abis Station Farm, Alexandria).

Discriminatory power of rbcL barcode locus for authentication of some of United Arab Emirates (UAE) native plants.

DNA barcoding of United Arab Emirates (UAE) native plants is of high practical and scientific value as the plants adapt to very harsh environmental conditions that challenge their identification. Fifty-one plant species belonged to 22 families, 2 monocots, and 20 eudicots; a maximum number of species being legumes and grasses were collected. To authenticate the morphological identification of the wild plant taxa, rbcL and matK regions were used in the study.

Occurrence of the polyomavirus among kidney transplant recipients: a single-center study.

Polyoma virus-associated nephropathy is an increasingly recognized cause of graft dysfunction among kidney transplant recipients and could be the result of use of potent immunosuppression following transplantation. Because there is no safe and effective anti-viral therapy available presently, screening-based prevention and pre-emptive strategy are recommended. This study, which was conducted at the Nephrology Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Alexandria University, consisted of two phases: Phase 1 was a cross-sectional study and phase 2 was a 6-month follow-up study only for polyoma virus-positive cases.

Relation of middle molecules levels and oxidative stress to erythropoietin requirements in high-flux versus low-flux hemodialysis.

The objective of this study is to investigate the serum beta-2-microglobulin (B2MG) and advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP) as middle molecule uremic toxins and protein carbonyl (PCO) as oxidative stress marker in uremic patients undergoing high-flux versus low-flux hemodialysis (HD) and to correlate their levels to the erythropoietin requirements for those patients. Twenty patients on chronic low-flux HD were recruited in the study. At the start of the study, all patients underwent high-flux HD for eight weeks, followed by low-flux HD for two weeks as a washout period.