Azurin a potent anticancer and antimicrobial agent isolated from a novel Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain by Nourhan A. Zaghloul, Mona K. Gouda, Yasser Elbahloul, Nancy M. El Halfawy

“…Additionally, its anticancer properties were determined using the MTT assay and cell cycle analysis, revealing a preference for inhibiting the MCF7 breast cancer cell line where breast cancer is most common in Egypt. …”
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Woody Species Diversity and Structure of Protected Woodlands Adjacent to Free Grazing Land Woodland at Dugda Woreda, Oromia, Ethiopia by Tsegu Ereso Denbel

“…Individual tree and shrub diameters at breast height (DBH) ≥2.5 cm and height ≥ 2 m were measured using a tape meter and clinometer, respectively. …”
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Effect of Next-Generation Exome Sequencing Depth for Discovery of Diagnostic Variants by Kyung Kim, Moon-Woo Seong, Won-Hyong Chung, Sung Sup Park, Sangseob Leem, Won Park, Jihyun Kim, KiYoung Lee, Rae Woong Park, Namshin Kim

“…Moreover, the phenomena were consistent across the breast cancer samples.…”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Cytotoxicity Research of Sulfur-Containing Metal Complexes by Yanting Yang, Danqin Li, Mei Luo

“…The results showed that complex (II) had a good inhibitory effect on breast cancer MDA-MB-231.…”
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Efficacy of early enteral feeding with supplemented mother’s milk on postoperative outcomes of cardiac surgical infants: A randomized controlled trial by Anuradha Singal, Manoj Kumar Sahu, Geeta Trilok Kumar, Bani Tamber Aeri, Mala Manral, Anuja Agarwala, Shivam Pandey

“…This randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted to determine the efficacy of early enteral feeding with supplemented expressed breast milk (suppl-EBM) versus expressed breast milk (EBM) in improving the weight of postoperative cardiac surgical infants. …”
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Research progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine comprehensive therapy in the treatment of acute lactational mastitis at early stage (哺乳期急性乳腺炎初期中医综合治疗的研究进展)... by FAN Dongpan (范东盼), CHEN Hong (陈宏)

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Induced pathomorphism and manifestations of residual focal lesions in parenchymatous organs of patients after noninvasive procedures by Z. A. Lemeshko, A. V. Borsukov, A. V. Mamoshin, T. G. Morozova

“…Overall 365 patients with focal lesions: metastases and cysts of the liver, residual foci in gallbladder area after endoscopic obliteration of organ cavity, malignant tumors and pseudo-cysts of the pancreas, chronic pancreatitis, abscesses of abdominal cavity of various localization, cysts and tumors of the spleen, cysts and tumors of kidneys, focal goiter, fibrous adenoma of breast gland were studied. Total of 1281 noninvasive medical manipulation at ultrasound guidance and X-ray navigation — installation of drainages/catheters and local treatment by antibiotics, intraportal injection of pharmaceuticals, sclerotherapy of 96% ethyl alcohol of liver and kidney cysts, metastases to the liver, interstitial laser photocoagulation of focal goiter, radio-frequency ablation of metastases in the liver, electrochemical destruction of liver metastases and fibrous adenomas of breast gland etc. was carried out. …”
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Identified VCAM1 as prognostic gene in gastric cancer by co-expression network analysis by Wenjuan Li, Hong Gao, Jianjun Liu

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Chasing cancer: does the social-to-medical spending ratio relate to cancer incidence and mortality in Canadian provinces? A retrospective cohort study by Tony Reiman, Robin Urquhart, Lindsay McLaren, Cameron MacLellan, Paul Kershaw, Ronald D Kneebone, Daniel J Dutton

“…We aim to determine the association between the ratio and both age-standardised cancer incidence and mortality.Methods Using linear regressions with provincial and yearly fixed effects, we measured associations between the ratio and incidence of the four most common cancers in Canada (ie, lung and bronchus, colorectal, breast and prostate cancer), and mortality from any cancer, from 1992 to 2017 (incidence) and 2000 to 2019 (mortality).Results A one-cent increase in social spending for each dollar spent on medical services was significantly associated with a decrease in colorectal (−0.2%), breast (−0.1%), and prostate cancer (−0.6%). …”
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HIV-specific antibodies capable of ADCC are common in breastmilk and are associated with reduced risk of transmission in women with high viral loads. by Jennifer Mabuka, Ruth Nduati, Katherine Odem-Davis, Dylan Peterson, Julie Overbaugh

“…There are limited data describing the functional characteristics of HIV-1 specific antibodies in breast milk (BM) and their role in breastfeeding transmission. …”
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Age and serum anti-Müllerian hormone levels as predictors of time to return of menses after chemotherapy by Madhavi-Priya Singh, Rashi Kalra, Franca Agresta, Alec Leos, Samith Minu Alwis, Alex Polyakov, Genia Rozen, Kate Stern

“…No association was found between age and time to return of menses for all cancer (NAC or AC) or breast cancer patients who underwent AC. Higher AMH levels prior to AC were associated with an earlier return of menses after chemotherapy. …”
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Improving a Low Axial Resolution Due to Improper Wavelength Calibration in Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography by Mengsi Zhang, Songjie Luo, Osami Sasaki, Ziyang Chen, Jixiong Pu

“…A self-made sample containing 6 layers of tape and a part of chicken breast were tested, whose sharpness metric grow larger than 12.8% after signal correction. …”
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Teak-Soil Interaction: Teak (Tectona grandis) Plantations Impact and are Impacted by Soil Properties and Fertility in Southwestern Ghana by Michael Asigbaase, Michael Annan, Daniel Adusu, Simon Abugre, Collins Ayine Nsor, Samuel Kumi, Selina Adutwumwaa Acheamfour

“…We established three 25 m × 25 m plots in each teak plantation and recorded the diameter at breast height (DBH), height, crown length, and depth of all trees. …”
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Pseudo-precocious puberty secondary to Juvenile Granulosa cell tumour in a 30-month-old female toddler: A case report by Taiwo Oni, Adesola Adekoya, Grillo Elizabeth, John Nwadiokwu, Victor Okebalama, Oluwaseun Anifowose

“…There were no café-au-lait spots. Breast development and pubic hair both corresponded to Tanner Stage 2. …”
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Carboxymethyl Hyaluronan-Stabilized Nanoparticles for Anticancer Drug Delivery by Jessica L. Woodman, Min Sung Suh, Jianxing Zhang, Yuvabharath Kondaveeti, Diane J. Burgess, Bruce A. White, Glenn D. Prestwich, Liisa T. Kuhn

“…nCaPCMHA-AF488 was taken up by CD44+/CD24− BT-474EMT breast cancer cells within 18 hours. nCaPCMHACDDP was as cytotoxic as free CDDP against the BT-474EMT cells. …”
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46,XY Disorder of Sex Development Caused by 17α-Hydroxylase/17,20-Lyase Deficiency due to Homozygous Mutation of CYP17A1 Gene: Consequences of Late Diagnosis by Giampaolo Papi, Rosa Maria Paragliola, Paola Concolino, Carlo Di Donato, Alfredo Pontecorvi, Salvatore Maria Corsello

“…The patient presented with sexual infantilism, lack of breast development, absence of axillary and pubic hair, tall stature, and slenderness. …”
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The Impact of Metastatic Bone Cancers on Serum Calcium Levels: A Focused Analysis of Patient Outcomes by Muhammad Khizar Memon, Syed Uzair Mahmood, Sidra Memon, Azhar Rashid, Muhammad Ali Memon, Shahzad Ali Jiskani

“…The corrected calcium level of the patients with breast cancer was statistically lower compared with the prostate cancer patients - 8.3 ± 0.5 mg/dl (p = 0.01) compared with 9.0 ± 0.6 mg/dl. …”
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Validity of Self-reported Participation in Cancer Screenings and Health Checkups in Japan by Isao Muraki, Tomotaka Sobue, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Shoichiro Tsugane, Norie Sawada, Hiroyasu Iso

“…Among women, the sensitivity and specificity were 0.83 and 0.81 for breast cancer and 0.85 and 0.90 for cervical cancer, respectively. …”
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Enhanced extracellular production of alpha-lactalbumin from Bacillus subtilis through signal peptide and promoter screening by Yuqi Zhu, Pengdong Sun, Chunjian Li, Yu Zhang, Yu Wang, Jingyuan Li, Yanfeng Liu, Jian Chen, Yang Deng

“…Alpha-lactalbumin (α-LA) is a major whey protein found in breast milk and plays a crucial role in the growth and development of infants. …”
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Green hydrothermal synthesis of nickel and zinc-doped nickel ferrite nanoparticles using Dalbergiella welwitschii extracts and their biological studies by Oghenejoboh Ufuoma Modupe, Sonibare Oluwadayo Olatunde, Muhammad Waseem, Ekundayo Olusegun, Sirajul Haq, Ahad Amer Alsaiari, Jamoliddin Razzokov

“…The nanoparticles had high drug loading capacity (<10 %), promising cytotoxic activity against MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities ranging between 5.6 and 13.4 μM comparable to standard drug acarbose (9.8 μM), respectively. …”
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