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Antibiotic resistance needs global solutions

Monowar T, Bhore SJ

Lancet Infect Dis, 2014 Jul;14(7):549.

PMID: 24964938 DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70799-6

Fulltext Perspectives from the academic leadership camp (IV) of the AIMST University, Malaysia

Premkumar R, Bhore SJ

J Nat Sci Biol Med, 2014 Jul;5(2):501-4.

PMID: 25097449 DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.136296

Fulltext A summary report of the workshop on the 'academic leadership training in the AIMST University, Malaysia'

Premkumar R, Bhore SJ

J Young Pharm, 2013 Jun;5(2):67-9.

PMID: 24023458 DOI: 10.1016/j.jyp.2013.04.001

In Malaysia, there are 81 (as on February 15, 2013) higher education institutions including satellite branches of the foreign universities. In northern part of the Peninsular Malaysia, AIMST University is the first private not-for-profit university and aims to become a premier private university in the country and the region. The workshop described in this article was designed to develop and enhance the capacity of academic staff-in-leadership-role for the University. This type of workshops may be a good method to enhance the leadership qualities of the head of each unit, department, school and faculty in each university.

Fulltext Identification of bacterial endophytes associated with traditional medicinal plant Tridax procumbens Linn

Preveena J, Bhore SJ

Anc Sci Life, 2013 Jan;32(3):173-7.

PMID: 24501447 DOI: 10.4103/0257-7941.123002

BACKGROUND: In traditional medicine, Tridax procumbens Linn. is used in the treatment of injuries and wounds. The bacterial endophytes (BEs) of medicinal plants could produce medicinally important metabolites found in their hosts; and hence, the involvement of BEs in conferring wound healing properties to T. Procumbens cannot be ruled out. But, we do not know which types of BEs are associated with T. Procumbens.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate the fast growing and cultivable BEs associated with T. procumbens.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Leaves and stems of healthy T. Procumbens plants were collected and cultivable BEs were isolated from surface-sterilized leaf and stem tissue samples using Luria-Bertani (LB) agar (medium) at standard conditions. A polymerase chain reaction was employed to amplify 16S rRNA coding gene fragments from the isolates. Cultivable endophytic bacterial isolates (EBIs) were identified using 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequence similarity based method of bacterial identification.

RESULTS: Altogether, 50 culturable EBIs were isolated. 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequences analysis using the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) revealed identities of the EBIs. Analysis reveals that cultivable Bacillus spp., Cronobacter sakazakii, Enterobacter spp., Lysinibacillus sphaericus, Pantoea spp., Pseudomonas spp. and Terribacillus saccharophilus are associated with T. Procumbens.

CONCLUSION: Based on the results, we conclude that 24 different types of culturable BEs are associated with traditionally used medicinal plant, T. Procumbens, and require further study.

World No Tobacco Day: Tobacco is a Threat to the One Health and Sustainability

Bhore SJ

Cien Saude Colet, 2020 Nov;25(11):4347-4350.

PMID: 33175043 DOI: 10.1590/1413-812320202511.33622018

On 31st May of every year, in honour of the 'World No Tobacco Day (WNTD),' the international community does organise various events and encourages avoiding all forms of Tobacco consumption. To commemorate WNTD-2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) has promoted awareness to highlight the link between Tobacco and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Because, Tobacco use is the second leading cause of CVD, after high blood pressure. In addition to CVD, Tobacco use is also known to cause many non-communicable diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung cancer and other complicated disorders caused by smoking. In fact, non-communicable diseases are now emerging as the primary disease burden. Globally, Tobacco use kills about 7 million people each year, and if the trend remains the same, then it will kill more than 8 million people per year by 2030. On the contrary, despite promoting awareness, the Tobacco industry is growing with little or no regulation. However, in the long run, the global community will not be able to afford business as usual as Tobacco has a direct impact on human health, environmental health and sustainable development.

Global Goals and Global Sustainability

Bhore SJ

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2016 10 07;13(10).

PMID: 27739416

On 25 September 2015, the United Nations (UN) member countries adopted an ambitious 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aiming to 'transform the world' in the next 15 years. [...].

Highlights of Biosafety and Biosecurity Month (BBM)at the AIMST University and Perspectives on Biorisk Management

Bhore SJ

Bioinformation, 2019;15(8):568-571.

PMID: 31719766 DOI: 10.6026/97320630015568

The innovations and developments in microbiology, biomedical sciences, and biotechnology come along with the challenges of biological risk (biorisk). Biorisk is defined as the "combination of the probability of occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm where the source of harm is a biological agent or toxin." Biorisk is a borderless challenge to the global community. Hence, all universities, colleges, centers of bio-excellence, and institutions of higher learning can and should do their bit to educate technical members, academicians, students and stakeholders (LASS) for the efficient and comprehensive biorisk management (BRM) for our and future generations safety and sustainability.

Paris Agreement on Climate Change: A Booster to Enable Sustainable Global Development and Beyond

Bhore SJ

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2016 11 14;13(11).

PMID: 27854248

The global warming and its adverse effects on the atmosphere, the biosphere, the lithosphere, and the hydrosphere are obvious. Based on this fact, the international community is fully convinced that we need to fix the problem urgently for our survival, good health, and wellbeing. The aim of this article is to promote the awareness about the United Nations (UN) historic 'Paris Agreement on Climate Change (PACC)' which entered into-force on 4 November 2016. The expected impact of PACC on the global average temperature rise by 2100 as well as its role in enabling accomplishment of global sustainable development goals (SDGs) for the people and planet is also highlighted.

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