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Should I Be Vaccinated?
(faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-17)
Vaccines aim to protect individuals from infectious diseases. The importance of
vaccine such as prevention of hospital infections, cost efficiency, and overall
protection to infections. The disadvantage of administration ...
E. coli is spreading by poor toilet hygiene, not through food
(faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-27)
Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-E coli) is the most underlying cause of food poisoning in worldwide. The influence of the food chain to these infections is debated. We aimed to identify the ...
Role of Ocrelizumab in the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
(faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-18)
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system,
in which B-cells play an important role in its pathogenesis.
However, Ocrelizumab (OCR) is a humanized anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody ...
Immunotherapy for breast cancer
(faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-25)
Immunotherapy is revolutionizing the management of multiple solid tumors, and early data have
revealed the clinical activity of PD-1/PD-L1 antagonists in small numbers of metastatic breast
cancer patients. Clinical ...
The Role of Coffee in Alzheimer Disease
(faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-17)
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most frequent cause of dementia in elderly. It leads to
progressive cognitive decline due to accumulation of two proteins (β-amyloid peptide
(Aβ) and Tau) in the forms of senile plaques and ...
New approach for treatment of diabetic ulcer
(faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-17)
Diabetic foot ulcer is a principal diabetic complication. It has been shown that
diabetic patients have decreased growth factor concentrations in their tissues,
particularly epidermal growth factor. Growth factor shortage ...
Rituximab in Refractory Myasthenia Gravis
(faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-17)
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease caused by complement-fixing
antibodies against acetylcholine receptors (AChR). Cholinesterase inhibitors,
Glucocorticoid , which is currently recommended as a first-line ...
Vitamin D deficiency and heart failure
(faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-03-01)
Vitamin D is principally known for its role in calcium homeostasis, but preclinical studies
implicate multiple pathways through which vitamin D may affect cardiovascular function
and influence risk for heart failure. ...
Tay- Sachs Disease(TSD)
(faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-17)
Tay-Sachs disease is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by progressive
neurologic degeneration, fatal in early childhood. In the Ashkenazi Jewish population
the disease incidence is about 1 in every 3,500 ...
Using of checkpoint inhibitors as a treatment for melanoma
(faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-18)
Immune checkpoint blockade has used as a treatment of patients with advanced
melanoma and many other cancers. Blockade of inhibitory receptors, cytotoxic Tlymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) and programmed cell death receptor ...