ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: Obesity is a well-known global pandemic that is fundamentally caused by an energy imbalance between calories consumed and calories expended. A major consequence to obesity are metabolic ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: While cancer is a chronic, complex disease associated with a multitude of steps in its initiation and progression, all cancers generally have similar underlying maladaptive physiological mechanisms which ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer found among women of South Africa with the prominent effective form of treatment being chemotherapy. Many cancer patients receiving chemotherapeutic ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction Doxorubicin (DOX) is an effective treatment against a variety of cancers, and thus remains a commonly used chemotherapeutic drug. The chief side effect of DOX treatment is cardiotoxicity. ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: Breast cancer is frequently diagnosed in women in both developed and developing countries and poses a major health problem throughout the world. The current standard treatment for breast ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Hypercoagulation and amyloidogenesis are commonly known as hallmarks for inflammation. Hypercoagulation and amyloidogenesis are linked to quite a few communicable and non-communicable ailments such as ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: Type II Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a non-communicable disease associated with chronic low-grade inflammation and persistent activation of the acute phase response (APR). Serum amyloid A ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: High intensity interval training (HIIT) interventions are popularly used by endurance athletes to increase muscle strength, peak speed and aerobic capacity. Running involves the use of both ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: At the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), peripheral nerves innervate the skeletal muscle to relay neural transmission. The acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) are located on the post-synaptic membrane and ...