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Complement Ther Med
January 2025
National Research Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NAFKAM), Faculty of Health Science, Institute of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Hansine Hansensveg 19, 9037 Tromsø, Norway.
Background: Many individuals with depression explore complementary and alternative medicine, including spiritual healing. This pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) aimed to assess the feasibility of a study that integrated spiritual healing with standard care versus standard care alone for adults with moderate depression.
Method: In this pilot RCT with two parallel groups, 28 adult patients with depression were randomized to receive either spiritual healing alongside usual care (n=14) or usual care alone (n=14).
Mol Neurobiol
January 2025
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Forchheimer 209, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
Epidemiological evidence has shown that the regular ingestion of vegetables and fruits is associated with reduced risk of developing chronic diseases. The introduction of the 3Rs (replacement, reduction, and refinement) principle into animal experiments has led to the use of valid, cost-effective, and efficient alternative and complementary invertebrate animal models which are simpler and lower in the phylogenetic hierarchy. Caenorhabditis elegans (C.
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January 2025
Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada; McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada. Electronic address:
Site-directed mutagenesis is a fundamental tool indispensable for protein and plasmid engineering. An important technological question is how to achieve the efficiency at the ideal level of 100%. Based on complementary primer pairs, the QuickChange method has been widely used, but it requires significant improvements due to its low efficiency and frequent unwanted mutations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPharmaceuticals (Basel)
January 2025
Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Ciudad de México 14080, Mexico.
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic non-communicable disease with an increasing prevalence in Latin America and worldwide, impacting various social and economic areas. It causes numerous complications for those affected. Current treatments for diabetes include oral hypoglycemic drugs, which can lead to adverse effects and health complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiomedicines
January 2025
Center of Excellence in Alternative and Complementary Medicine for Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Background And Aim: () could treat various inflammatory diseases. This study aimed to investigate the effects of fruit extract on gastric inflammation and protective mechanisms in ()-induced gastritis. Experimental procedure fruit extract was prepared and analyzed for geniposide content.
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