India has the second richest diversity of bamboos, with a wide variety of Bowler Hat indigenous and exotic bamboo species.They are found in and around forest and non-forest areas and have immense socioeconomic, cultural, and ecological significance.The various uses of bamboo mean that it is an important non-timber forest product that has multiple r
The innate immune response is the first-line host defense against pathogens.Cytosolic nucleic acids, including both DNA and RNA, represent a special type of danger signal to initiate an innate immune response.Activation of cytosolic nucleic acid sensors is tightly controlled in order to achieve the high sensitivity needed to combat infection while
Aim To evaluate whether intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) use in children with suspected Kawasaki disease (KD) was given according to local trust and the newly revised American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines.Methods In our tertiary hospital, any child with suspected KD given IVIG, over the past 3 years, was identified.Their electronic notes wer
Abstract Background Recently, various studies have revealed that 3D cell spheroids have several advantages over 2D cells in stem cell culture.However, conventional 3D spheroid culture methods have some disadvantages and limitations such as time required for spheroid formation and complexity of the experimental process.Here, we used acoustic levitat
To evaluate the role of renal duplex ultrasonography in the detection of early alte-ration of renal blood flow in type I diabetic patients, we studied with duplex ultrasound 32 patients with type I diabetes mellitus (19 males, 13 females, age range 8-19 years) and 35 age and sex-matched controls.The resistivity indices (RIs) and pulsatility indices