Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani

Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani is a medical and scientific affairs specialist with a strong background in biomedical sciences, clinical trial/research and medical/regulatory writing/submission. She is the president and managing director of Neometrix Consulting Inc., which helps global pharmaceutical and medical device companies with their medical and regulatory writing and submissions as well as medical affairs.

Articles by Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani

• What we’ve learned from the epidemiology of Ebola

  Ebola viruses are highly virulent zoonoses affecting both humans and nonhuman primates. The virus contains…

  Monday, May 18, 2015

• Advances in wireless wearable brain‑computer interface systems

  We have witnessed the rapid growth of research in the field of brain-computer interface (BCI) in the…

  Thursday, May 07, 2015

• RFA therapy shows promise in treating pancreatic cancer

  ​Pancreatic cancer has been ranked as the fourth-leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the West…

  Tuesday, May 05, 2015

• Recent advances in herbal bioenhancers

  Ayurveda is a 5,000-year-old system of Hindu traditional medicine native to India. ​One of the concepts…

  Thursday, April 30, 2015

• Is cellphone usage causing unknown health problems?

  There are two different types of radiations: ionizing and nonionizing. Ionizing radiation breaks the…

  Tuesday, March 31, 2015

• The use of bed-side ultrasound is growing — but are ERs ready?

  ​Ultrasonographic investigation, in its traditional approach, involves many steps and multiple professionals,…

  Wednesday, March 11, 2015

• Novel anticoagulants target cancer patients with CVC

  ​Anticoagulants have been traditionally used to treat venous thromboembolism (VTE), which is a major…

  Thursday, March 05, 2015

• Most prefer to die at home, so why do so many die in nursing homes?

  ​In spite of the major therapeutic advances for all kinds of diseases, poor survival rates remain an…

  Thursday, February 19, 2015

• The effects of thermoregulation on TBI recovery

  ​A major point of any traumatic brain injury (TBI) treatment is to inhibit a secondary brain injury…

  Thursday, February 12, 2015

• Recent trends of inpatient vs. outpatient thyroidectomy in the US

  Thyroidectomy is the partial or complete removal of the thyroid gland in order to treat thyroid disorders,…

  Thursday, January 29, 2015

• Empathy levels among healthcare professionals

  ​There is plenty of recent evidence suggesting that empathy could improve clinical outcomes. Empathy…

  Thursday, January 22, 2015

• Recent advances in the delivery of acne therapeutics

  Acne is the most common skin disorder in adolescents with a prevalence of 80-85 percent. The problem…

  Tuesday, January 20, 2015

• Brain plasticity: Fact or fiction?

  Medical experts once believed that changes in the brain were only limited to infancy and childhood, after…

  Thursday, January 15, 2015

• The course of action at the time of humanitarian challenges

  ​Humanitarianism is a uniform act of kindness toward all human beings without any distinction based…

  Tuesday, December 16, 2014

• RTL and its role in the treatment of stroke

  Blood supply interruption in a part of the brain could cause oxygen deprivation, which will eventually…

  Friday, December 12, 2014

• Current approach to treating feed intolerance during critical illness

  ​Impaired gastric emptying as well as impaired antropyloro-duodonal and intestinal motilities are common…

  Wednesday, December 03, 2014

• Different routes of central venous catheterization and their relative risks

  Central venous access catheters have been widely used in hospital setting, and ​more than 3.4 million…

  Wednesday, October 22, 2014

• Stem cell treatment presents challenges in neurology

  In most neurologic conditions, injury to neural cells is followed by an immune response to the damage…

  Thursday, August 21, 2014

• Recent advances in periodontal tissue engineering

  ​Tissue engineering is a promising field in science with the purpose of ​regenerating damaged tissues…

  Thursday, August 14, 2014

• Researchers examining new treatments for gastric cancer

  ​Gastric cancer is the fourth-most common cancer in the world, but there has been a continuous fall…

  Monday, August 04, 2014

• Research needed on long-term use of parenteral nutrition in LBW infants

  Premature infants are highly susceptible to extra-uterine growth restriction. Due to limited nutrient…

  Tuesday, July 29, 2014

• Advances in point-of-care ultrasound in emergency medicine

  ​Since ​the introduction of the bedside ultrasound to emergency medicine more than 20 years ago,…

  Thursday, July 17, 2014

• New arenas in cell-based regenerative therapies for SCI

  About 273,000 people with traumatic spinal cord injuries live in the U.S. today. SCI imposes enormous…

  Tuesday, July 08, 2014

• Cancer therapy: Targeting in the field of metabolic rewiring

  Of more than 100,000 carcinogen point mutations, 350 are known to influence cancer phenotype. However,…

  Monday, June 30, 2014

• Recent developments in transdermal delivery of therapeutics

  Advances in recombinant DNA technology and protein-based therapeutics have affected several medical conditions,…

  Tuesday, June 24, 2014

• The anti-cancer effects of the phyllanthus plant

  ​Phyllanthus is an herbal medicine that is widely used in China, India and South Africa for its various…

  Thursday, June 12, 2014

• An update on diagnostics for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

  ​Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is a fatal lung disease accounting for more than 200,000 infections…

  Monday, June 02, 2014

• Recent advances in nanohybrid hydrogels for drug delivery

  Hydrogels are preferred materials for drug delivery due to their soft, elastomeric nature as well as…

  Monday, May 19, 2014

• Studies show potential of FDG-PET imaging in mild TBI cases

  FDG-PET imaging is a useful methodology to understand the glucose metabolism in the brain after mild…

  Tuesday, May 06, 2014

• An update on management of necrotizing soft-tissue infections

  Necrotizing soft-tissue infections affect the soft-tissue compartments and are involved in systemic toxicity…

  Wednesday, April 30, 2014

• Novel therapies for neuroprotection in stroke

  ​Stroke is the second-leading cause of death worldwide, ​according to the World Health Organization.…

  Monday, April 28, 2014

• New research showing promise in contraceptives for women

  ​Many contraceptive methods are available in the market. However, they are associated with the risk…

  Thursday, April 24, 2014

• How paper can help point-of-care diagnostics

  ​Noncommunicable diseases or chronic diseases have been reported to be responsible for 36 million deaths…

  Wednesday, April 16, 2014

• A novel use of sulodexide for vascular diseases

  ​Oral administration of sulodexide (SDX) has been recently considered as a novel treatment method for…

  Tuesday, April 08, 2014

• Application of nanoproteomics in neuroscience

  ​Advances in proteomics and metabolomics have recently received attention due to their novel applications…

  Tuesday, April 01, 2014

• Prostate cancer treatment strategies show promise

  ​As the most predominant cause of ​cancer-related death for men in the U.S., prostate cancer has…

  Tuesday, March 18, 2014

• A link between blood and plasma trace metals in Alzheimer’s disease?

  ​Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia in the elderly, with a ​rapidly increasing…

  Monday, March 10, 2014

• A look at the latest therapeutic methods for migraine

  ​Migraine is a common and devastating disorder, with chronic migraine characterized by headaches for…

  Tuesday, February 25, 2014

• Liposome-bupivacaine showing promise in postoperative pain management

  Postoperative pain management is necessary to prevent mortality and to improve general body function…

  Wednesday, February 05, 2014

• The role of P2X receptors in the treatment of status epilepticus

  Status epilepticus is a neurological condition due to a state of prolonged seizures. Status epilepticus…

  Tuesday, February 04, 2014

• The role of antimicrobial peptides in inflammatory skin diseases

  Antimicrobial peptides play an important role in skin protection. The cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide…

  Wednesday, January 29, 2014

• Rapid development in the use of robotics in urological surgery

  Laparoscopic surgery has been a true breakthrough in the field of urology. It has the advantages of a…

  Wednesday, January 22, 2014

• Unreliability of blood pressure measurements with manual readers

  ​There have been intensive universal efforts to promote appropriate techniques to measure blood pressure.…

  Tuesday, January 14, 2014

• Latest advances in the diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury

  ​In the United States alone, more than ​1.7 million individuals have been reported to have some sort…

  Tuesday, January 07, 2014

• New advances in the hydrophilicity of carotenoids

  ​Carotenoids have antioxidant properties and are mostly hydrophobic in nature. In recent years, attempts…

  Monday, January 06, 2014

• Emergency dentistry: Neurophysiology of pulpal pain

  The relief of oral pain is important for urgent care and emergency physicians. Dental pain is multifactorial,…

  Monday, December 16, 2013

• The role of nanomaterials in the treatment of cerebral palsy

  ​Cerebral palsy is a chronic childhood disability that may be a result of injury to the developing…

  Tuesday, December 10, 2013

• Proximity ligation assays: Advancing the study of proteins

  Proximity ligation assay is a new method added to the proteomics toolbox and will play a key role in…

  Monday, December 09, 2013

• The role of Interleukin 1 in treatment of acute cerebrovascular disease

  ​Acute cerebrovascular disease can have many serious consequences, such as periventricular hemorrhage,…

  Monday, November 25, 2013

• Novel oral anticoagulants for thromboembolic disease

  Vitamin K antagonists are commonly used for the treatment of thromboembolic disease. However, the slow…

  Friday, November 22, 2013

• Steady progress in chemotherapy treatment for biliary tract cancer

  Chemotherapy is widely used for the treatment of advanced biliary tract cancer, but the treatment methods…

  Friday, November 15, 2013

• Understanding integration inhibitors for the treatment of HIV

  Integration of the retroviral genome into the host cell chromatin is the key step in the development…

  Monday, November 11, 2013

• The role of manganese and astrocytes in brain toxicity

  The interactions between the astrocytes and neurons play a central role in brain functioning via neurotransmitter…

  Tuesday, October 29, 2013

• The use of biomarkers for renal carcinoma treatment

  Renal cell carcinoma is the most common form of cancer, and it is responsible for more than 100,000 deaths…

  Monday, October 28, 2013

• Latest automation techniques in immunohematology testing

  Automated analyzers have been used in many clinical laboratories since their discovery in mid-1950s.…

  Monday, October 28, 2013

• Targeting mitochondrial ROS: A novel therapy for a number of diseases

  ​Reactive oxygen species are generated in a number of physiological reactions in our body. They are…

  Monday, October 21, 2013

• The role of aquaporin-4 in cerebral edema and neuroinflammation

  Aquaporin-4 plays a significant role in potassium homeostasis and facilitates the water diffusion through…

  Tuesday, September 17, 2013

• Microfluidic systems for screening of aptamers

  ​Systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) is a method to screen the nucleotide…

  Monday, September 16, 2013