College of Medicine: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1-20 of 1753
-
Precision meets repurposing: Innovative approaches in human papillomavirus and Epstein-Barr virus-driven cancer therapy
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)Viral malignancies represent a distinct entity among cancers. Oncoviruses like the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and the Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) are highly potent inducers of oncogenic transformation leading to tumor ... -
Corrigendum to “Precision meets repurposing: Innovative approaches in human papillomavirus and Epstein-Barr virus-driven cancer therapy” [Cancer Lett. 607 (2024) 217318]
( Elsevier , 2025 , Article)The author acknowledges with regret that the source of funding for open access publishing was not initially credited. The details are provided below: Acknowledgement Open Access funding was provided by the Qatar National ... -
Intravenous administration of gold nanoparticles in rats exhibit alterations in sphingomyelins, bile acids, sphingolipids, and cholesterol esters levels
( Springer , 2025 , Article)Nanoparticles (NP) have gained significant attention in biomedical research due to their unique properties and potential applications in drug delivery, imaging, and diagnostics. Gold (AuNPs) and silver (AgNPs) NPs are among ... -
Incidental finding of hepatic pseudolesion from aberrant right gastric vein in a breast cancer patient
( Elsevier , 2025 , Article)Aberrant right gastric veins (ARGV) represent rare anatomical variations that can result in hepatic pseudolesions, mimicking malignancies due to their atypical drainage directly into the liver parenchyma. This case highlights ... -
Impact of pomegranate juice consumption on glycemic indices: a systematic review and meta-analysis
( Emerald Publishing , 2025 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this meta-analysis was to examine the effect of pomegranate juice (PJ) intake on glycemic control in adults. Design/methodology/approach: Materials and methods: PubMed (Medline), ISI Web of Science, ... -
Characterization of blaNDM in two Escherichia coli ST1193 clinical isolates in the Gulf region
( Oxford University Press , 2024 , Article)Introduction: Escherichia coli ST1193 is an emerging high-risk clone associated with the production of plasmid-mediated CTX-type extended-spectrum ?-lactamases. However, this clone has seldom been found to contain plasmids ... -
Institutional and Socio-Cultural Factors that Influence the Wellbeing of Women Working in Academia in Arab Countries: A Scoping Review
( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2024 , Article Review)Academic life in the present era is subject to several occupational stressors, including increased workloads, reduced research funding, tenuous career paths, and family-work conflicts. Such stressors affect academics' ... -
Fetal Tele-Echocardiography-An Approach to Improving Diagnosis and Management
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2024 , Article)Introduction: Antenatal diagnosis of cardiac abnormalities and counselling parents about postnatal care require a multidisciplinary team, which includes a paediatric cardiologist, a neonatologist, and a fetal medicine ... -
Peripartum Hemorrhage: Recent Updates in Management
( Springer Nature , 2024 , Book chapter)Peripartum hemorrhage, which can occur during pregnancy, labor, or delivery, is an all-inclusive term for bleeding that can happen from 24+0 weeks of gestation to 12 weeks after birth. It is a serious obstetric emergency ... -
Health and Well-Being in the Context of Health-Promoting University Initiatives: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Needs Assessment Study at Qatar University
( JMIR Publications Inc. , 2024 , Article)Background: Health-promoting universities are dedicated to fostering learning environments and organizational cultures that support the physical and mental well-being of students, faculty, and staff. As students constitute ... -
Effect of statins on arterial wall inflammation as assessed by 18F-FDG PET CT: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
( BioMed Central Ltd , 2024 , Article)Background: Pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is largely mediated by inflammatory process. Statins are lipid-lowering drugs which also have anti-inflammatory effects. 18 fluorine radiolabeled fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG) ... -
Development of a flexible liver phantom for hepatocellular carcinoma treatment planning: a useful tool for training & education
( BioMed Central Ltd , 2024 , Article)Purpose: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common types of liver cancer that could potentially be surrounded by healthy arteries or veins that a surgeon would have to avoid during treatment. A realistic 3D ... -
Congenital and Perinatal Viral Infections: Consequences for the Mother and Fetus
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2024 , Article Review)Viruses are the most common congenital infections in humans and an important cause of foetal malformations, neonatal morbidity, and mortality. The effects of these infections, which are transmitted in utero (transplacentally), ... -
Bystander Response and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes (Bro. Study) in 3 Gulf Countries: Protocol for a Prospective, Observational, International Collaboration Study
( JMIR Publications Inc. , 2024 , Article)Background -
Trauma and orthopaedic surgery response at the world's largest sporting event: an analysis of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
( Institute for Ionics , 2023 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyse the impact of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on the Orthopaedic Surgery department at Hamad Medical Corporation and its response to the challenges posed by the world's largest ... -
Gastrointestinal illness among attendees of the FIFA Football World Cup 2022 in Qatar
( Elsevier , 2025 , Article)ObjectivesMass gathering events may facilitate the transmission of foodborne diseases. We determined the presentations and causative organisms of gastrointestinal illness among the attendees of the Fédération Internationale ... -
The association between tobacco and alcohol use and health outcomes in individuals living with diabetes and prediabetes in South Africa: A cross-sectional study
( South African Medical Association , 2024 , Article)Background. Smoking and alcohol misuse are lifestyle factors that can be controlled and have significant health effects. Both these factors increase the risk of developing conditions such as diabetes mellitus because they ... -
Overcoming challenges in prevalence meta-analysis: the case for the Freeman-Tukey transform
( BioMed Central , 2025 , Article)Background: Traditional statistical methods assume normally distributed continuous variables, making them unsuitable for analysis of prevalence proportions. To address this problem, two commonly utilized variance-stabilizing ... -
Comparative Efficacy of Subcutaneous Versus Intravenous Interleukin 12/23 Inhibitors for the Remission of Moderate to Severe Crohn’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
( MDPI , 2025 , Article)Background/Objectives: Interleukin 12/23 inhibitors are a newer class of monoclonal antibodies used to induce and maintain remission for Crohn’s disease (CD), a chronic inflammatory bowel disease, when patients do not ... -
The Clinicopathological and Prognostic Value of CCR7 Expression in Breast Cancer Throughout the Literature: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
( MDPI , 2025 , Article)This study aimed to determine the clinicopathological findings and prognostic value of chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7) expression in patients with breast cancer (BC). Up to the 25th of March 2025, a search was conducted using ...
