July 2009

The digitization of medical records

Author(s): Dr. John Ibekwe

July 2009

Immune-diagnosis of latent toxoplasmosis in childbearing age women in rural areas in EL Geizera State, Sudan

The  current  study  is  aimed to  evaluate  the  prevalence  rate  of  latent  toxoplasmosis  among childbearing  women  in  rural  areas in EL Geizera State. A total of  255 plasma  samples were collected  from  two  villages;  AL Nuba  and  EL Massoudia  in  EL Geizera  State,...

Author(s): Khalil Mohamed , Intisar EL RayahAlia Bilal EL Taib Gumaa, Ali Abdel Magid, Marek Maly and Petr Kodym

July 2009

Preclinical biochemical studies using a novel 5-aminolevulinic acid ester derivative with superior properties for photodynamic therapy of tumors

We have synthesized a novel 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) ester derivative from reacting ALA with β-citronellol and tested its potential for treatment of tumors by photodynamic therapy (PDT) in comparison to the widely used agents, ALA and Me-ALA (the methyl ester of ALA). The β-citronellol-ALA ester derivative was far superior to ALA in causing complete destruction of solid skin tumors after PDT...

Author(s): Mohamed El-Far, Mohamed Elshal, Samir Bondock and Manar Refaat

July 2009

Effect of chlorine dioxide gas of extremely low concentration on absenteeism of schoolchildren

Gas-generating devices of chlorine dioxide (ClO2) are used as deodorant of rooms. We happened to use a commercial tabletop deodorant canister that releases extremely low-concentration ClO2 gas in a school classroom as deodorant. We found retrospectively and unexpectedly that during a period of 38 consecutive school days the rate of schoolchildren absent from the school was markedly lower (1.5%) in a classroom where the...

Author(s): Norio Ogata and Takashi Shibata