تصفح Research Units حسب المؤلف "Younes, Nadin"
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Comparable antibody levels in heterologous and homologous mRNA COVID-19 vaccination, with superior neutralizing and IgA antibody responses in mRNA homologous boosting
Salma, Younes; Nicolai, Eleonora; Younes, Nadin; Pieri, Massimo; Bernardini, Sergio; Nizamuddin, Parveen B.; Al-Sadeq, Duaa W.; Daas, Hanin I.; Ismail, Ahmed; Yassine, Hadi M.; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)BackgroundPriming with two doses of AZD1222 (Oxford-AstraZeneca; ChAd) followed by a third mRNA vaccine boosting is considered in several countries, yet comparisons between heterologous and homologous booster efficacy ... -
Diagnostic Efficiency of Three Fully Automated Serology Assays and Their Correlation with a Novel Surrogate Virus Neutralization Test in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic SARS-COV-2 Individuals
Younes, Salma; Al-Jighefee, Hadeel; Shurrab, Farah; Al-Sadeq, Duaa W.; Younes, Nadin; Dargham, Soha R.; Al-Dewik, Nader; Qotba, Hamda; Syed, Mohamed; Alnuaimi, Ahmed; Yassine, Hadi M.; Tang, Patrick; Abu-Raddad, Laith J.; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)Abstract: To support the deployment of serology assays for population screening during the COVID-19 pandemic, we compared the performance of three fully automated SARS-CoV-2 IgG assays: Mindray CL-900i® (target: spike [S] ... -
Impaired Liver Size and Compromised Neurobehavioral Activity are Elicited by Chitosan Nanoparticles in the Zebrafish Embryo Model
Abou-Saleh, Haissam; Younes, Nadin; Rasool, Kashif; Younis, Manaf H.; Prieto, Rafael M.; Yassine, Hadi M.; Mahmoud, Khaled A.; Pintus, Gianfranco; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2019 , Article)The use of chitosan nanoparticles (ChNPs) in various biological and environmental applications is attracting great interest. However, potential side effects related to ChNP toxicity remain the major limitation hampering ... -
“Safe” Chitosan Zinc Oxide Nanocomposite Has Minimal Organ-Specific Toxicity on Early Stages of Zebrafish Development
Younes, Nadin; Pintus, Gianfranco; Al-Asmakh, Maha; Rasool, Kashif; Younes, Salma; Calzolari, Simone; Mahmoud, Khaled; Nasrallah, Gheyath... more authors ... less authors ( American Chemical Society , 2019 , Article)Marine biofouling is considered one of the most challenging issues affecting maritime industries worldwide. In this regard, traditional biocides, being used to combat biofouling, have high toxicity toward the aquatic system. ... -
Serum Uric Acid Level Is Positively Associated With Higher Bone Mineral Density at Multiple Skeletal Sites Among Healthy Qataris
ibrahim, wisam nabeel; Younes, Nadin; Shi, Zumin; Abu-Madi, Marawan Abdelhamid ( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article)Background: Oxidative stress has been implicated as a fundamental mechanism in the decline of bone mass. Although serum uric acid (SUA) has potent antioxidant properties, the findings of many epidemiological and experimental ... -
Systematic Review of the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Prevalence, Genotype Distribution, and Seasonality in Children from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region
Yassine, Hadi; Sohail, Muhammad; Younes, Nadin; Nasrallah, Gheyath ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the most common viruses to infect children worldwide and is the leading cause of lower respiratory tract illness (LRI) in infants. This study aimed to conduct a systematic review ...