Abstract Sulfur mustard (SM) is a highly toxic chemical warfare agent.Exposure to SM results in various pathologies including skin lesions with subsequent impaired wound healing.To date, there are no effective treatments available.Here we discover a SM-triggered pathomechanism involving miR-497-5p and its target survivin which contributes to kerati
Introduction: Iatrogenic botulism is a rare, serious disease that progresses with descending paralysis and develops after cosmetic or therapeutic botulinum toxin-A (BoNT-A) application.Case presentations: In this case series; six cases of iatrogenic botulism followed up in our center are presented.Four of these developed after gastric BoNT-A and tw
INTRODUCTION: Following the 1994 genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda, the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is high.In a period of seven days every year in April, Rwandans gather to mourn the victims of the genocide.During this commemoration period, survivors living with chronic PTSD experience PTSD acute exacerbations (PAE).We asse
Purpose: Region-of-interest (ROI) guidelines for online cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) radiotherapy may improve matching reproducibility and reduce inter-user variability of soft tissue sarcoma (STS) image guidance.The purpose of this work is to standardize ROI STS CBCT image registration guidelines using the plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycle fo
The western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, is among the most serious insect pests of maize in North America.One strategy used to manage this pest is transgenic maize that produces one or more crystalline (Cry) toxins derived from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt).To delay Bt resistance by insect pests, refuges of non