Biotechnology - Sciene

This study was aimed to investigate the protective effect of some probiotic microorganisms in mice infected with Salmonella typhimurium. A total of (119) samples including food, stool, and vaginal swabs were collected from various regions of Baghdad city. Lactobacillus spp. and Saccharomyces spp. were isolated from the samples to be used as probiotics. Twenty isolates of Lactobacillus spp., 17 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and one isolate of Saccharomyces boulardii were obtained from the samples.

 This study is conducted to investigate the possible antileuckemic activity of ethanolic olive leaves extract against a group of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), diagnosed using Real Time-PCR  The response of those individuals to the treatment with Imatinib and the response of selected individuals to the treatment with olive leaves ethanolic extract were followed up using same method.