MBRU Knowledge Repository: Recent submissions
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Adolescent-Acquired Flatfeet: The Tip of the Iceberg
(2022-11)Abstract: There has been a substantive change in our lifestyle over the last two decades. The widespread availability of entertaining digital devices created an unhealthy culture of a sedentary lifestyle, with our children ... -
Tools to Alleviate the Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(2022)Abstract: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), an acid-fast bacillus that causes Tuberculosis (TB), is a pathogen that caused 1.5 million deaths in 2020. As per WHO estimates, another 4.1 million people are suffering from ... -
The Role of Systems Biology in Deciphering Asthma Heterogeneity
(2022)Abstract: Asthma is one of the most common and lifelong and chronic inflammatory diseases characterized by inflammation, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and airway obstruction episodes. It is a heterogeneous disease of ... -
Statins and Male Fertility: Is There a Cause for Concern?
(2022)Abstract: The well-known 3-hydroxyl 3-methyl glutaryl-Coenzyme A reductase inhibitors, called statins, have been the main medication used in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia and some cases of cardiovascular diseases. ... -
Arthroscopic Treatment of Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis of the Elbow
(2022)Abstract: Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a benign proliferative disorder of synovium that surrounds the joints, tendon sheaths, and bursae. The elbow is rarely affected, making it difficult to establish treatment ... -
Challenges faced by African healthcare workers during the third wave of the pandemic
(2022)Abstract: Africa experienced the third wave of the coronavirus disease in 2019, which caused an 18% rise in cases in most parts of the continent. As of January 2022, the region had an estimated 10.4 million cumulative ... -
Functional Mimicry of Eukaryotic Actin Assembly by Pathogen Effector Proteins
(2022)Abstract: The actin cytoskeleton lies at the heart of many essential cellular processes. There are hundreds of proteins that cells use to control the size and shape of actin cytoskeletal networks. As such, various pathogens ... -
Tobacco Use and Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke amongst Pregnant Women in the United Arab Emirates: The Mutaba’ah Study
(2022)Abstract: Self-reported tobacco use is high in the male adult Emirati population (males ~36% vs. females ~3%); however, there are minimal data on tobacco use or exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) during pregnancy ... -
Cytoprotective, antioxidant, and anti-migratory activity of Pistacia lentiscus L. supercritical carbon dioxide extract on primary human endothelial cells
(2022)Abstract: Green chemistry is a useful tool for producing valuable chemicals from biomass. However, extracted compounds need to be tested for safety and efficacy before their use in humans. Here we investigate the chemical ... -
Association of the ADIPOQ-AS LncRNA polymorphism rs2241766 with obesity: A Meta-analysis
(2022)Abstract: Adipose tissue secretes different hormones to orchestrate lipid and glucose metabolism and insulin function. Adiponectin a key signaling peptide, is encoded by ADIPOQ gene and secreted by white adipose tissue. ... -
Strategies for malaria vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic in African countries
(2022)Abstract: Since October 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the use of RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine for children in areas of moderate to high transmission of Plasmodium falciparum in Africa. The ... -
Editorial: Global excellence in intensive care medicine and anesthesiology: North America
(2022)Abstract: The research series “Global excellence in intensive care medicine and anesthesiology: North America” reflects on relevant contemporary questions and seeks innovative solutions to improve patient outcomes. Future ... -
COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Tests: Bibliometric Analysis of the Scientific Literature
(2022)Abstract: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt health systems worldwide, conducting Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) at specified intervals has become an essential part of many people’s lives around the world. We ... -
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Endometrial Cancer: A Scoping Review of the Literature on Gut Microbiota
(2022)Abstract: Gut dysbiosis has been associated with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and endometrial cancer (EC) but no studies have investigated whether gut dysbiosis may explain the increased endometrial cancer risk in ... -
Prevalence and associated risk factors of overweight and obesity among adult population in Dubai: a populationbased cross-sectional survey in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates
(2023)Objective: To study the prevalence of overweight and obesity and determine the associated risk factors among adults in Dubai. Design and setting: A cross-sectional survey with a multistage, stratified random sampling ... -
Molecular and pro-inflammatory aspects of COVID-19: The impact on cardiometabolic health
(2022)Abstract: Obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2DM), hypertension (HTN), and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) often cluster together as “Cardiometabolic Disease” (CMD). Just under 50% of patients with CMD increased the risk of morbidity ... -
Standards in semen examination: publishing reproducible and reliable data based on high-quality methodology
(2022)Abstract: Biomedical science is rapidly developing in terms of more transparency, openness and reproducibility of scientific publications. This is even more important for all studies that are based on results from basic ... -
Inflammatory and differentiation cellular response to calcium silicate cements: An in vitro study
(2023)Aim: Inflammatory-regenerative cell interaction is believed to mediate hard tissue formation. This study aimed to investigate the interaction between human inflammatory monocytes with human regenerative fibroblasts after ... -
Investigating the evolution of undergraduate medical students perception and performance in relation to an innovative curriculum-based research module: A convergent mixed methods study launching the 8A-Model
(2023)Abstract: Background: Embedding into undergraduate medical programs experiential research curricula, based on holistic theories of education which emphasize participation in the social world, remains uncommon. The purpose ... -
Wearable Orofacial Technology and Orthodontics
(2023)Abstract: Wearable technology to augment traditional approaches are increasingly being added to the arsenals of treatment providers. Wearable technology generally refers to electronic systems, devices, or sensors that ...