Faculty of Applied Medical Science: Recent submissions

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  • Febrile Seizures:Overview of Knowledge 

    Almansouri, Razan Abdulla (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-16)
    Febrile seizures are the most common convulsive disorder in children under 5 years old. Among these children, some develop recurrent febrile seizures. The syndrome of febrile seizures is defined as seizures associated ...
  • Immune Regulation Inhibition and Its Usage and Effectiveness In Cancer Therapy 

    Elgheriyani, Mohammed Abdulhakim (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-03-03)
    Different cancers affect millions of people around the world and is considered one of humanity's greatest challenges, traditionally cancer is tackled by therapeutic methods such as radiation or surgery, chemotherapy as ...
  • Investigating the effects of genetic background on the fitness of quinolone resistant mutations in Escherichia coli 

    Ellafi(, Abaq (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-25)
    Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microbes become resistant to the antibiotics that are designed to cure them. Genetic interactions or epistasis of AMR mutations play an important role in determining the ...
  • STEM CELLS BASED THERAPY IN DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY 

    Eloraibi, Zakaria Bashir Mohammed (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-03-13)
    Muscular dystrophies are a group of genetic muscle disorders that cause progressive muscle weakness and degeneration. Within this group, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common and one of the most severe. ...
  • Vitamin D deficiency and heart failure 

    Heilani, Mohammad (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-03-01)
    Vitamin D is principally known for its role in calcium homeostasis, but preclinical studies implicate multiple pathways through which vitamin D may affect cardiovascular function and influence risk for heart failure. ...
  • The Role of Coffee in Alzheimer Disease 

    Doghman, Ahlam Abdulsalam Salem (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-17)
    Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most frequent cause of dementia in elderly. It leads to progressive cognitive decline due to accumulation of two proteins (β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) and Tau) in the forms of senile plaques and ...
  • Using of checkpoint inhibitors as a treatment for melanoma 

    Netfa, Khadija (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-18)
    Immune checkpoint blockade has used as a treatment of patients with advanced melanoma and many other cancers. Blockade of inhibitory receptors, cytotoxic Tlymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) and programmed cell death receptor ...
  • Rituximab in Refractory Myasthenia Gravis 

    Tajouri, Malak (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-17)
    Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease caused by complement-fixing antibodies against acetylcholine receptors (AChR). Cholinesterase inhibitors, Glucocorticoid , which is currently recommended as a first-line ...
  • Tay- Sachs Disease(TSD) 

    benguzi, Malak Hussein (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-17)
    Tay-Sachs disease is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by progressive neurologic degeneration, fatal in early childhood. In the Ashkenazi Jewish population the disease incidence is about 1 in every 3,500 ...
  • Role of Ocrelizumab in the Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis 

    Smew, Aziza Tawfik (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-18)
    Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system, in which B-cells play an important role in its pathogenesis. However, Ocrelizumab (OCR) is a humanized anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody ...
  • Immunotherapy for breast cancer 

    Gaouda, Ahmed Fahmi (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-25)
    Immunotherapy is revolutionizing the management of multiple solid tumors, and early data have revealed the clinical activity of PD-1/PD-L1 antagonists in small numbers of metastatic breast cancer patients. Clinical ...
  • DNA Microarray Technology 

    Agnaeber, Aziza Kalil (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-03-01)
    Microarrays are a technology to which thousand nucleic acids are attached to a surface that's used to estimate the relative concentration of nucleic acid sequences in a mixture by hybridization and hybridization event ...
  • New approach for treatment of diabetic ulcer 

    Al Falah, Walaa (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-17)
    Diabetic foot ulcer is a principal diabetic complication. It has been shown that diabetic patients have decreased growth factor concentrations in their tissues, particularly epidermal growth factor. Growth factor shortage ...
  • The Relation Between Hypertension and Asthma 

    Alkhfify, Donia Mohamed (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-28)
    Asthma and hypertension are common chronic diseases , each with attendant morbidity, mortality, and economic effects.The presence of hypertension with asthma creates an additional health burden; hypertension is the world’s ...
  • Correlation between fragile x- syndrome and ataxia 

    Tarhouni, Ali (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-19)
    The fragile X syndrome, an X-linked dominant disorder with reduced penetrance, is one of the most common forms of inherited mental retardation. The cognitive, behavioral, and physical phenotype varies by sex, with males ...
  • Should I Be Vaccinated? 

    Alowami, Lamees (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-17)
    Vaccines aim to protect individuals from infectious diseases. The importance of vaccine such as prevention of hospital infections, cost efficiency, and overall protection to infections. The disadvantage of administration ...
  • Characteristics of brain in Autism Spectrum Disorder 

    Mohammed, Amani (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-17)
    Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a highly prevalent neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social communication and restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs). Over the past decade, neuroimaging studies ...
  • The Pathogenesis of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration and its Immune-Based Therapies 

    Bo-oud, Fatma Abd-Almohsen (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-27)
    Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes of irreversible central vision loss in elderly individuals, further affecting their ability to do everyday tasks, from reading to even recognizing faces, ...
  • Role of istradefylline for treating Parkinson’s disease 

    Alhashmi, Hadeel Ali Abdelsalam (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-20)
    This report evaluated the efficacy and safety of istradefylline in Parkinson’s disease patients with wearing-off symptoms and dyskinesia. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second-most common neurodegenerative disorder after ...
  • Guillain Barre Syndrome. 

    ALzowai, Retaj Radi (faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University, 2020-02-27)
    Objective to report 2 cases of Guillian barre syndrome with different manifestations Guillain Barre Syndrome consists of a group of neuropathic conditions characterized by progressive weakness and diminished or absent ...