Biomedical PhD education – an international perspective
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The PhD, otherwise known as the doctor of philosophy or Dr. Phil., is an internationally recognized degree, indicating that the PhD graduate has received training in research under supervision. Traditionally, the PhD was the route to an academic career, with most successful
Implementation of distance learning «moodle» do interns clinical infectious diseases
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The experience of the implementation and use in training interns Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Pediatrics distance learning system Moodle. The aim of distance learning is to provide students at all levels of education through the use of new information and
Modern laboratory diagnostics and biomarkers of infectious diseases
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One of the features of modern medical technologies is aiming at cost-effective, efficient, precise and less invasive diagnostic methods. From this perspective, it is important to detect pathology in the early stages of diseases, which greatly reduce need for invasive
Laboratory diagnostics of viral hepatitis
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This review describes the current approaches to laboratory diagnosis of viral hepatitis A, B, C, D and E with main focus on various serological and genetic markers of viral hepatitis infections, methods of its detection, interpretation of the results and prognostic
Aptamers: novel molecules as diagnostic markers in bacterial and viral infections?*
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Worldwide the entire human population is at risk of infectious diseases of which a high degree is caused by pathogenic protozoans, worms, bacteria, and virus infections. Moreover the current medications against pathogenic agents are losing their efficacy due to increasing
Biomarkers of Sepsis
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Sepsis remains a leading cause of death in critically ill patients, despite efforts to improve patient outcome. Thus far, no magic drugs exist for severe sepsis and septic shock. Instead, early diagnosis and prompt initial management such as early goal-directed therapy are
Proteomic methods for diagnosis of guillain-barre syndrome associated with infectious process
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Guillain-Barre syndrome is one of the leading pathological processes among the lesions of the peripheral nervous system. It complicates the course of infectious diseases, significantly lengthens the recovery period and affects the quality of life of patients. One of the
Elastometry – modern method of hepatic fibrosis dynamic assessment in antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C
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Main aim of antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C (CHC) is prevention of of hepatic fibrosis in liver cirrhosis progression. That can be achieved in case of virus eradication. For therapy effectiveness evaluation along with virological and biochemical criteria the
Expression of TLR2 and TLR4 on lymphoid cells as a marker of infectious periodontal lesions
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A research has been carried out of expression of Tolllike receptors (TLR) of TLR2 and TLR4 on unstimulated cells of peripheral blood (neutrophils, monocytes and lymphocytes) and cells of gingival fluid at people with healthy periodontium and patients with chronic periodontal
Characteristics of HIV variants circulating in the Russian Federation with varying viral tropism
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Tropism of HIV-1 virus is an important characteristic, which affects not only the disease progression, but also on the effectiveness of such antiretroviral drugs as CCR5 receptor antagonists. Lack of published data describing the tropism of HIV variants circulating in Russia
Boceprevir is still a relevant player in chronic hepatitis C treatment
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At the present time new methods of chronic hepatitis C treatment are rapidly developing. In connection with this there is a question about necessity of first-wave HCV first generation protease inhibitors prescription (boceprevir). This article discusses aspects of its
Meltrex® – innovative technology of new type of antiretroviral drug production for the treatment of HIV infection
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Protease inhibitors and are widely recognised as a potent tool of antiretroviral therapy. Still, many drugs of this group have numerous side effects, which can hinder adherence and therefore promote drug resistance. To improve both adherence and bioavailability there are