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The role of ATP6V1E1 in the control of apoptosis, survival and motility of breast cancer cells (2020)
Thesis

Background and aims: Aggressiveness and invasiveness of breast cancer are influenced by multiple cellular and molecular factors, some of which are yet to be elucidated. In normal cells, vacuolar H (+) -ATPase (V ATPases), which pump protons across th... Read More about The role of ATP6V1E1 in the control of apoptosis, survival and motility of breast cancer cells.

The impact of the governance of health insurance companies on patient satisfaction with hospitals in Saudi Arabia (2020)
Thesis

The aim of this research study is to investigate the impact of corporate-governance-related practices on the effectiveness of health insurance companies, and in turn, their impact upon the performance of hospitals as measured by patients’ satisfactio... Read More about The impact of the governance of health insurance companies on patient satisfaction with hospitals in Saudi Arabia.

Provision of positive and negative selections in retroviral vectors containing the cytosine deaminase gene (1998)
Journal Article

The E. coli cytosine deaminase (CD) provides a negative selection system for suicide gene therapy as CD transfectants are eliminated following 5-fluorocytosine (5FC) treatment. Here we report a positive selection system for the CD gene using 5-fluoro... Read More about Provision of positive and negative selections in retroviral vectors containing the cytosine deaminase gene.

General practitioners' attitudes to psychiatric and medical illness (1998)
Journal Article

Background. General practitioners are increasingly involved in the care of patients with long-term psychiatric disorders. We have previously reported that general practitioners are less willing to treat patients with schizophrenia than those without... Read More about General practitioners' attitudes to psychiatric and medical illness.

An X-ray survey of the young open cluster NGC 2516 (1997)
Journal Article