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Health impact of indoor air pollution in the gulf region: A review
(2022 , Article Review)
Factors such as unfavorable meteorological conditions within the Gulf region force citizens to spend a considerable amount of time in their homes. Indoor air quality in the Arabian Gulf is rapidly becoming an issue of vital ...
Agri-food markets in Qatar: Drivers, trends, and policy responses
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article Review)
Agri-food markets are vital in achieving food security, especially for resource-poor, food-importing countries such as Qatar. The paper provides an overview of the evolution of agri-food markets in Qatar and explores the ...
Preclinical orofacial pain assays and measures and chronic primary orofacial pain research: where we are and where we need to go
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Frontiers Media S.A.
, 2023 , Article Review)
Chronic primary orofacial pain (OFP) conditions such as painful temporomandibular disorders (pTMDs; i.e., myofascial pain and arthralgia), idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia (TN), and burning mouth syndrome (BMS) are seemingly ...
Organoboronic acids/esters as effective drug and prodrug candidates in cancer treatments: challenge and hope
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2023 , Article Review)
Boronic acids/esters have recently emerged in the field of medicinal and pharmaceutical research due to their exceptional oxophilicity, low toxicity, and unique structure. They are known as potent enzyme inhibitors, cancer ...
Cytokine- and chemokine-induced inflammatory colorectal tumor microenvironment: Emerging avenue for targeted therapy
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Wiley
, 2022 , Article Review)
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a predominant life-threatening cancer, with liver and peritoneal metastases as the primary causes of death. Intestinal inflammation, a known CRC risk factor, nurtures a local inflammatory environment ...
Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 1 in Canada: systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regressions
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Frontiers Media SA
, 2023 , Article Review)
Background: The objective of this study was to characterize herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) epidemiology in Canada.
Methods: HSV-1 publications as recent as December 6, 2021 were systematically reviewed, synthesized, ...
Oncolytic viruses as nanomedicines against the tumor microenvironment
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AMG Transcend Association
, 2021 , Article Review)
The tumor microenvironment is best described as the battleground for fighting cancer and the host immune system. Contrary to primitive beliefs that cancer growth and progression are solely dependent on cancer cells, recent ...
Association between metabolically healthy obesity and metastasis in lung cancer patients – a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Frontiers Media
, 2023 , Article Review)
Background: Many clinical trials have looked at the relationship between obesity and lung cancer (LC), however, there is scarcity of literature specifically addressing the association between metabolically healthy obesity ...
Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease: a selective review of pathogenesis, diagnostic approaches, and therapeutic strategies.
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Frontiers Media
, 2024 , Article Review)
Metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is a novel terminology introduced in 2020 to provide a more accurate description of fatty liver disease associated with metabolic dysfunction. It replaces the outdated term ...
Current Technologies and Future Perspectives in Immunotherapy towards a Clinical Oncology Approach
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MDPI
, 2024 , Article Review)
Immunotherapy is now established as a potent therapeutic paradigm engendering antitumor immune response against a wide range of malignancies and other diseases by modulating the immune system either through the stimulation ...