Publications

IT’S A TICKING TIME BOMB

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is another pandemic that has been hiding in plain sight. Mental health diseases are rapidly growing, and the United Nations predicts that mental health ailments, such as depression, will be the number one disease burden worldwide, by 2030...

BASELINE PANCREATIC BETA CELL IMAGING AFTER PANCREATIC TRANSPLANTATION USING WHOLE-BODY 68GA-DOTA-EXENDIN-4 PET/CT

Whole pancreatic transplant and islet cells transplantation are currently available strategies aiming toward diabetes cure. Beta cell specific noninvasive...

POSTRENAL TRANSPLANT ALLOGRAFT “PAGE KIDNEY” IDENTIFIED AND SALVAGED USING 99MTC ‑ DIETHYLENETRIAMINEPENTAACETIC ACID RENOGRAM AND SINGLE‑PHOTON EMISSION‑COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

99mTc diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) renogram is a commonly performed evaluation
postrenal transplant to assess graft...

PANCREATIC TRANSPLANT ASSOCIATED TUBERCULOSIS DIAGNOSED AND FOLLOWED UP ON WHOLE‑BODY 18F‑FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

Infection attributable to impaired host immunity is the most commonly reported cause of morbidity and mortality among pancreatic transplant recipients...

HOW PROMISING ARE ENDOPHYTIC FUNGI AS ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF PLANT SECONDARY METABOLITES?

Endophytic fungi, which colonize plants internally without apparent adverse effects, occur ubiquitously in plants. In contrast to their pathogenic fungal counterparts, the endophytic fungi exist in a mutualis tic association with their host plants...

Changing the cultivation landscape of plant-active medicines

The industry of plant-origin medicines is witnessing a growing demand, boosted by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, as preventative healthcare and medicinal nutrition has been highly emphasized. The global market for plant-origin is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9% from 2021-2028, while having...