2022, Volume 10 - Issue 2
REVIEW Articles


mRNA-based vaccine technology as an anti-HIV strategy

Andra Fortner, Octavian Bucur (Germany, Romania and USA)
ARTICLE (pdf)  DOI: 10.15190/d.2022.9
Corresp. authors' affiliation: * Octavian Bucur, MD, PhD, Next Generation Pathology Group, Victor Babes National Institute of Pathology, Bucharest, Romania and Viron Molecular Medicine Institute, Boston, MA 02108, USA.



COVID-19 and Pregnancy

Selia Chowdhury *, Mehedi Hasan Bappy, Vraj Patel, Shreeya Desai, Samia Chowdhury, Md. Shahraj Chowdhury, Catalina Sekzer, Ayesha Fonseca, Matias Juan Masenga, Samina Zahid, Athanasios Patousis, Anna Gerothanasi, Panagiotis Patousis  (Bangladesh, USA, India, Argentina, Barbados, Pakistan and Greece)
ARTICLE (pdf)  DOI: 10.15190/d.2022.6
Corresp. authors' affiliation: * Dr. Selia Chowdhury, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh.



Remdesivir: the first FDA-approved anti-COVID-19 Treatment for Young Children

Alexandra Chera *, Antoanela Tanca * (Romania)
ARTICLE (pdf)  DOI: 10.15190/d.2022.10
Corresp. authors' affiliation: * Alexandra Chera, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania; Antoanela Tanca, Victor Babes National Institute of Pathology, Bucharest, Romania.



Increased cannabis use in pregnant women during COVID-19 pandemic

Arjola Agolli *, Olsi Agolli, Selia Chowdhury, Vallabh Shet, Johanna S. Canenguez Benitez, Niharika Bheemisetty, Madeeha Subhan Waleed (Albania, Bangladesh, India, El Salvador, Pakistan)
ARTICLE (pdf)  DOI: 10.15190/d.2022.7  
Corresp. authors' affiliation: * Dr. Arjola Agolli, Tirana University of Medicine, Albania.

ORIGINAL Articles

On the Origin of Hemoglobin Cooperativity under Non-equilibrium Conditions

Rosella Scrima, Sabino Fugetto, Nazzareno Capitanio, Domenico Gatti *  (Italy and USA)
ARTICLE (pdf)  Supplementary Material  DOI: 10.15190/d.2022.5
Corresp. authors' affiliation: Domenico Gatti, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.

ORIGINAL Articles - Case Reports


Anaplastic testicular seminoma presenting as a hydrocele, in a 36 year old patient with a family history of anaplastic seminoma

Orestis Ioannidis, Anastasia Malliora, Panagiotis Christidis *, Lydia Loutzidou, Elissavet Anestiadou, Savvas Symeonidis, Nikolaos Ouzounidis, Vassilis Foutsitzis, Ioannis Mantzoros, Stamatios Angelopoulos *  (Greece)
ARTICLE (pdf)  DOI: 10.15190/d.2022.8
Corresp. authors' affiliation: Panagiotis Christidis, MD, MSc, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital of Thessaloniki “G. Papanikolaou”, Thessaloniki, Greece.

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