The impact of the global energy policy that is pushing for a cleaner energy and the need for an environmentally friendly energy source such as renewable energy in view of the global concern for climate change that has largely been attributed to the activities of fossil fuel extraction, production an …
As a young general practitioner, I started a medical group in North Limburg in 1977. In this region, along the Albert Canal and the Kempen Canal, many non-ferrous factories had established after the conquest of Congo at the beginning of the last century. The ores arrived from Congo in the port of An …
Over the last several decades, the nanotoxicology of zinc oxide nanopaarticles (ZnO-NPs) has remained a debate topic in scientific community. Even though many researchers have attempted to elicit the mechanisms of ZnO nanotoxicity, their potential hazardous impact on humans, animals, and the environ …
Bupropion, a monocyclic phenylethylamine antidepressant, is the only FDA-approved synthetic cathinone, commonly prescribed as monotherapy or adjunctive therapy for major depressive disorder, seasonal affective disorder, and smoking cessation. Although traditionally considered non-serotonergic, bupro …
Crop rotation, one of the oldest agronomic practices known to humanity, continues to be debated in the context of modern intensive farming systems. As agriculture has shifted toward monoculture-dominated landscapes driven by economic and logistical pressures, the incidence of soil-borne and foliar d …
Although the comet assay is now a popular method to assess DNA damage induced by environmental genotoxins at a single cell level, it has not been excluded the, criticism that some or all of the comet images may be the results of apoptosis- and necrosis-mediated DNA fragmentation. In this study, ther …
Background: Rapamycin (sirolimus), originally isolated from Streptomyces hygroscopicus, is a macrolide compound that has profoundly influenced modern biomedical research through its inhibition of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway.
Objective: This review aims to synthesize current …
Hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism, which is characterized by low serum testosterone co-existing with elevated Luteinizing hormone (LH) and Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) has been reported to be a common finding in poorly managed diabetes mellitus (DM). This study is an attempt to investigate the im …
