Effectiveness of doxycycline for the treatment of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis .

There are available data on in vivo studies of monotherapy of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis with some antibacterial drugs (doxycycline) and their comparison with meglumine antimoniate (glucantime). We used golden Syrian hamsters as a laboratory model. Experimental groups were formed, each of which was treated with one of the tested drugs.

Telomerase activity in the differential diagnosis of pancreatic mass.

Background: In this manuscript, we show that the detection of telomerase activity in pancreatic mass tissue provides early evidence of a cancerous process that requires a well-timed surgical treatment.

Methods: Eighty-eight patients with pancreatic mass (both benign and malignant) were involved in the research. Comparative analyses of the data and instrumental methods to define the histological structure of tumor mass and measure telomerase activity have been carried out.