Three patients lived within some of the most deprived areas in Scotland. CONCLUSIONS This case series demonstrates a previously unreported demographic in Scotland, as 50% of cases presented in Caucasian children. Although vitamin D deficiency DCM is relatively rare, it is wholly preventable. Our study confirms that vitamin D deficiency cardiomyopathy is reversible with prompt identification and supplementation. The current implementation of public health policy in the UK is failing to prevent children from developing the most severe manifestation of vitamin D deficiency. © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.Angiosarcoma Project researchers have uncovered some details about the molecular underpinnings of angiosarcoma, pointing to potential therapeutic options. Their work also suggests that a research model based on direct patient participation can overcome common barriers to studying rare diseases. ©2020 American Association for Cancer Research.Breast cancer is the most common cancer in females, and the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the world. Among the available treatment options for cancer, chemotherapy is the therapy for treating a variety of cancer patients. However, the therapeutic efficacy of current agents is minimal and these drugs do not retard the progression of disease pathology. Lack of appropriate therapy may increase the prevalence of disease in world. Hence, more effective strategies and novel therapies must be pursued for altering the progression of the disease acting through different mechanisms. There is a continuing need for new and improved therapy. Hence, Vitamin B17 is suggested a therapeutic potential for treating breast cancer. This study is to evaluate the potential therapy of vitamin B17 (Vit B17, amygdalin) against Ehrlish solid tumors, bearing mice (EST) induced DNA damage, NF-Kb, TNFα and apoptosis. Sixty female mice were randomly divided into four groups (I, control group; II, VitB17 group; III, EST group; IV, EST+VitB17 group). EST induced group had elevated in the levels of serum ALT, AST, ALP, creatinine, urea, potassium ions, cholesterol, triglycerides, cytokine IFNγ, NF-kb, DNA damage, tumor TNF-α, VEGF expressions and had an associated reduction in serum albumin, total proteins, sodium ions, tumor NF-kb, Bcl2 and survivin expressions. Treatment of EST with vitamin B17 (EST+VitB17) modulates the changes in liver and kidney functions, electrolytes, cytokines, NF-kb and apoptosis in mice bearing EST. Hence, these findings suggest that vitamin B17 can be a reliable and novel therapy for breast cancer, further validate the neoplastic activity of Vitamin B17 as a potential therapy for other types of cancer is needed.Aim of this study was to synthesize new inhibitors on the basis of active site of aspartic protease enzyme and to evaluate their intended biological activity. A3D model of an enzyme was generated via homology modeling and series of novel amide ligands were synthesized by using a short high yield process, subsequently, analyzed in-silico and in-vitro anti-leishmanial activities. Characterization and identification was accomplished via NMR (H1& C13), infrared and mass spectroscopic techniques. Among all compound (4) was found to show significant activity (IC50 58±0.01) against Leishmania major (L. major) species. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/plx5622.html Furthermore, docking studies confirmed the inhibition of a targeted enzyme that supported the interaction of potent compound (4) with key residues (aspartic protease) via hydrogen bonds. Present study conferred about novel compound (4) as a promising compound to antagonize L. major activities in future.Cancers are caused by the defects in apoptosis process which leads to uncontrolled proliferation, therefore, most attractive drug target discovery strategy is to find ligands which have the ability to activate or regulate the apoptotic machinery. Peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear hormone receptors their over expression is observed in many tumours and contributes to chemotherapy resistance. The goal of this study to scrutinized antitumor phytochemicals from Alysicarpus bupleurifolius, Piper nigrum and Plumeria obtuse and potential energy values render from interactions between active site residues and ligands. The potential phytochemicals with significant binding affinity are ursolic acid, cis-4-decenoic acid and p-coumaric acid respectively most effective compounds in high throughput virtual screening belongs to Plumeria obtuse against PPARs associated with tumour development and progression. This modern drug designing modeling in silico approach, therefore, identifies the potential leads against over expressed tumours.Lumbar spine osteoarthritis with 40-85% prevalence, degeneration of spine with remarkable narrowing of disc space and osteophytes formation trigger pain in lower back. Pain in lower portion of back is now considered to be the second most commonly treated health issue in primary health care setups. This pain causes disability, functional loss and job absentees. Commonly pain is managed pharmacologically by NSAIDS but resulted in severe gastric side effects. The purpose of this trial was to appraise the properties of bromelain and papain, the vegetal proteolytic enzymes, in comparison with standard drug on LBP patients. Forty men and women with lumbar spine osteoarthritis were recruited and divided into group 1, received aceclofenac 100mg tablet b.i.d as standard treatment, group 2, patients treated with aceclofenac 100 mg tablet b.i.d and enzyme supplements 250 mg b.i.d for 6 weeks. All the participants were evaluated for their body mass index, vital signs and liver/kidney enzymes before and after treatment. Moreover intensity of pain were also measured through visual analogue scale (VAS) and oswestry low back pain questionnaire (ODI) before treatment (0 week), 3rd week and 6th week of treatment. The enzyme group patients showed significantly diminished pain scores VAS from 7.10±1.29 to 5.85±1.531*** (P=0.001), ODI score from 56.2±8.70 to 51.6±8.125*** (P=0.000), significantly diminished enzymes; ALP from 210.00±55.24 to 196.90±51.02 (P=0.054*) and serum creatinine from 0.97±0.153 to 0.87±0.139 (P=0.035*) and improved quality of life. Hence, this study suggested that the enzyme supplements for 6 weeks have prolonged beneficial carry-over effects in comparison to standard treatment without producing any change in BMI (P>0.05) and vital signs (P> 0.05).