December 2025
VOLUME 13
Issue 3
e-ISSN 3062-3650
YJHS is the continuation of "Yeditepe Medical Journal (YMJ, ISSN: 1307-279X)," published between 2009-2016 as a journal of Yeditepe University.
A Year in Review: Reflections and Future Directions
Gülderen Yanıkkaya Demirel
We are pleased to present the third issue of the Yeditepe Journal of Health Sciences, which also constitutes the final issue of 2025. The past year has been both productive and inspiring, marked by dedicated efforts to establish the journal and ensure its continued development. The cover artwork featured in this issue is Two Nurses by Edvard Munch, painted in 1909 during a period of hospitalization. Munch was a Norwegian painter and a prominent figure of the Expressionist movement (...)
Reviewers-2025
Gülderen Yanıkkaya Demirel
The Editors sincerely thank to all reviewers of Yeditepe Journal of Health Sciences for their generous contribution to the Journal. The quality of the Journal depends on their valuable expertise.
Testicular Seminoma and Hippo Signaling Pathway
Tuğçe Önel
and Aylin Yaba
The testis is the male gonad responsible for spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis. It consists of seminiferous tubules, where germ cell development occurs the Mediterranean (...)
Inhibition of mTORC1/2 by INK-128 Impairs in vitro Oocyte Maturation in Mice
Ecem Su Akça
and Aylin Yaba
High-quality oocytes are essential for successful embryo development, implantation, and maintenance of pregnancy. Oocyte maturation is a highly orchestrated process (...)
Exploring the Antimutagenic and Antigenotoxic Potential of Arbutus unedo L. Fruits
Delara Hakim
Arbutus unedo L., commonly referred to as the strawberry tree, belongs to the genus Arbutus in the Ericaceae family and and is predominantly distributed throughout the Mediterranean region. Its distribution extends across Northeastern Africa, the Canary Islands and Western Asia, Western, Central, and Southern Europe as well as the Mediterranean region of (...)
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The Safety Evaluation of Verbascoside from the Viewpoint of Genotoxicity
Ela Naz Köprülü
Verbascoside Verbascoside (acteoside) is a phenylethanoid glycoside composed of a hydroxyphenethyl (hydroxytyrosol) moiety linked to a disaccharide (α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→3)-β-D-glucopyranosyl) via a glycosidic bond, which is also esterified with a caffeic acid. First isolated in 1968 from Verbascum species, it has since been reported in more than 200 plant species across 23 plant families (...)
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Perspectives of First-Year Medical Students on Physician Brain Drain and Associated Factors
Merve Arslan
Medical brain drain refers to the loss of human capital resulting from the migration of highly educated individuals—particularly from developing to developed countries. Beyond individual preferences, this phenomenon reflects structural problems within healthcare systems (...)
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