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2026 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES (NIJBAS) | Pp. 102-105
Malaria remained a major global health challenge, particularly in endemic regions, and continues to contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality. The circumsporozoite protein (CSP) was a key biomarker in malaria, playing a critical role in both immune...
2026 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES (NIJBAS) | Pp. 15-22
Chronic inflammation is a hallmark of diabetes mellitus and a key driver of its long-term complications. Hyperglycaemia triggers a cascade of molecular and cellular events that disrupt immune homeostasis, promote persistent low-grade inflammation, and impair...
2026 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES (NIJBAS) | Pp. 95-101
Tumor recurrence and therapeutic resistance remain major obstacles in effective cancer management, largely driven by a small but highly resilient subpopulation of cells known as cancer stem cells (CSCs). These cells possess self-renewal capacity, multipotency...
2026 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES (NIJBAS) | Pp. 90-94
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a progressive metabolic disorder in which pancreatic beta cell dysfunction plays a central and early role in disease initiation and progression. Long before the onset of overt hyperglycemia, beta cells were exposed to a hostile met...
2026 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES (NIJBAS) | Pp. 79-82
Malaria remained a major global health challenge, with Plasmodium falciparum responsible for the most severe and fatal forms of the disease. Artemisinin-based combination therapy has been the cornerstone of P. falciparum malaria treatment for over two decades...
2026 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES (NIJBAS) | Pp. 83-89
Artemisinin-based combination therapies have remained the cornerstone of global malaria treatment for over two decades, achieving remarkable reductions in morbidity and mortality. However, the emergence and spread of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparu...
2026 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES (NIJBAS) | Pp. 1-6
The liver is a central organ for metabolism and detoxification, continually exposed to both endogenous and exogenous toxins. Oxidative stress, caused by an imbalance between free radicals and antioxidant defenses, plays a critical role in liver injury. Antiox...
2026 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES (NIJBAS) | Pp. 73-78
Personalized cancer therapy aims to tailor treatment strategies to the unique molecular, genetic, and phenotypic characteristics of individual patients. Nanomedicine has emerged as a powerful enabler of this paradigm by improving drug delivery, enhancing tumo...
2026 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW, COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES (NIJLCL) | Pp. 9-17
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed the field of literary translation by introducing new possibilities and challenges in the translation of poetry and prose. This study examines the phenomenon of AI-mediated translation through the lens of Translatio...
2026 | NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW, COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES (NIJLCL) | Pp. 1-8
The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significantly transformed social interactions, education, governance, and decision-making processes, while also introducing complex challenges relating to misinformation, algorithmic bias, inequality,...