@mborghan

Associate Professor of Biology at CMHS, National University of Science & Technology ~ HIV immunologist by training but recently intersted in Gut Microbiome.

 Sohar, Oman
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Joined October 2012
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Collaboration with the Japanese is always fruitful . . . My recent publication on the role of HLA-C in HIV immunity!
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كشفت دراسة أن النظام الغذائي العالي الدهون يؤدي إلى تجزيء الميتوكوندريا في خلايا الدهون، مما يقلل من قدرتها على حرق الدهون. تبين أن جينًا واحدًا، المرتبط ب RaIA، مسؤول عن هذا التجزيء الميتوكوندريا والاضطراب الأيضي في السمنة. nature.com/articles/s42255-0…

Obesity causes mitochondrial fragmentation and dysfunction in white adipocytes due to RalA activa...

Nature Metabolism - Xia et al. show that the activity of the small GTPase RalA is increased in white adipocytes in diet-induced obese mice. RalA enhances mitochondrial fission and therefore reduces...

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من خلال إزالة هذا الجين، نجح الباحثون في حماية الفئران من السمنة الناجمة عن نظام غذائي عالي الدهون، مما يشير إلى هدف علاجي جديد لعلاج السمنة في البشر.
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Successful job interview with professional - Learning English by Intervi... youtu.be/nQS9b_y4qY4 via @YouTube

Successful job interview with professional - Learning English by Interviews (without translation)

أخذ اللّغة الإنكليزيّة والاستماع لها من المتحدّثين الأصليّين أو الم...

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The emergence of disease-causing bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics is often attributed to the overuse of antibiotics in people and livestock. But researchers have homed in on another potential driver of resistance: antidepressants. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

How antidepressants help bacteria resist antibiotics

Nature - A laboratory study unravels ways non-antibiotic drugs can contribute to drug resistance.

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غالباً ما يُعزى ظهور البكتيريا المسببة للأمراض والمقاومة للمضادات الحيوية إلى الإفراط في استخدام المضادات الحيوية في البشر والماشية. لكن يبدو أن الباحثين قد وجدوا سبباً محتملاً آخر للمقاومة: مضادات الاكتئاب.
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فمن خلال دراسة البكتيريا المزروعة في المختبر ، تتبع باحثون كيف يمكن لمضادات الاكتئاب أن تحفز مقاومة الأدوية لدى البكتيريا.
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Brain area necessary for fluid intelligence identified medicalxpress.com/news/2022-… via @medical_xpress

Brain area necessary for fluid intelligence identified

A team led by UCL and UCLH researchers have mapped the parts of the brain that support our ability to solve problems without prior experience—otherwise known as fluid intelligence.

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أفضل 10 كتب عربية اشتريتها لأطفالي في عام 2022 arabicpost.live/?p=1030255

أفضل 10 كتب عربية للأطفال اشتريتها في 2022 |عربي بوست

أفضل 10 كتب عربية للأطفال اشتريتها في 2022

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For the technological feat of its construction and launch and its vast promise for exploring the universe, #JWST is Science’s 2022 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about the #BOTY and this year’s other big advances in science: scim.ag/Sr (THREAD) 🧵
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Daily energy expenditure through the human life course science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…

Daily energy expenditure through the human life course

How metabolism and energy expenditure change over the human life span.

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Delighted to share my new review @NatMetabolism "metabolic responses against viral infections” This is thought-provoking article and will challenge our mindset, forcing us to think in different ways on how the body fights infections. nature.com/articles/s42255-0…
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Study finds unexpected protective properties of pain medicalxpress.com/news/2022-… via @medical_xpress

Study finds unexpected protective properties of pain

Pain has been long recognized as one of evolution's most reliable tools to detect the presence of harm and signal that something is wrong—an alert system that tells us to pause and pay attention to...

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How does social behavior lead to clusters of vaccine hesitancy? medicalxpress.com/news/2022-… via @medical_xpress

How does social behavior lead to clusters of vaccine hesitancy?

Geographical pockets of vaccination behavior can be attributed to both pre-existing sociodemographic clusters as well as the way vaccine hesitancy spreads through neighboring societies, according to...

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Management of Chronic Abdominal Distension and Bloating cghjournal.org/article/S1542…

Management of Chronic Abdominal Distension and Bloating

Abdominal bloating and distension are 2 of the most commonly reported gastrointestinal symptoms. Abdominal bloating is characterized by symptoms of trapped gas, abdominal pressure, and fullness....

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Ultrasound can be used to move, reposition or break up kidney stones, all while the patient is awake, a new study finds medicalxpress.com/news/2022-… via @medical_xpress

Ultrasound can be used to move, reposition or break up kidney stones, all while the patient is...

A new technique which combines the use of two ultrasound technologies may offer an option to move kidney stones out of the ureter with minimal pain and no anesthesia, according to a new feasibility...

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Surprise discovery redirects efforts for treatment of liver disease medicalxpress.com/news/2022-… via @medical_xpress

Surprise discovery redirects efforts for treatment of liver disease

WEHI researchers have revealed that common liver diseases are not driven by inflammatory cell death as previously thought, resolving a long-standing controversy in gastroenterology and pointing to a...

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