Gary E. Raskob, Nick van Es, Peter Verhamme, Marc Carrier et al.
BACKGROUND: Low-molecular-weight heparin is the standard treatment for cancer-associated venous thromboembolism. The role of treatment with direct oral anticoagulant agents is unclear. METHODS: In this open-label, noninferiority trial, we randomly assigned patients with cancer who had acute symptoma...
Paolo Zanoni, Sumeet A. Khetarpal, Daniel B. Larach, William Hancock‐Cerutti et al.
Scavenger receptor BI (SR-BI) is the major receptor for high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (HDL-C). In humans, high amounts of HDL-C in plasma are associated with a lower risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Mice that have depleted Scarb1 (SR-BI knockout mice) have markedly elevated HDL-C l...
Samir K. Saha, Sailah Y. Talukder, Maksuda Islam, Setarunnahar Saha
Enteric fever continues to be a public health problem in the Indian subcontinent including Bangladesh. In the early 1990s there were many reports about the increasing frequency of multiresistant strains of Salmonella typhi.1, 2 All these reports prompted the suggestion that ciprofloxacin1 or ceftria...
Asahi Tomitaka, Hamed Arami, Zaohua Huang, Andrea Raymond et al.
Image-guided drug delivery is an emerging strategy in the field of nanomedicine. The addition of image guidance to a traditional drug delivery system is expected to achieve highly efficient treatment by tracking the drug carriers in the body and monitoring their effective accumulation in the targete...
Paolo Peterlongo, Jenny Chang-Claude, Kirsten B. Moysich, Anja Rudolph et al.
BACKGROUND: BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers are at substantially increased risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer. The incomplete penetrance coupled with the variable age at diagnosis in carriers of the same mutation suggests the existence of genetic and nongenetic modifying factors. In thi...
Teodora Bavaro, Sara Tengattini, Refaya Rezwan, Enrica Chiesa et al.
Exogenous application of human epidermal growth factor (hEGF) stimulates epidermal wound healing. The aim of this study was to develop bioconjugates based on hEGF mimicking the protein in its native state and thus suitable for tissue engineering applications, in particular for treating skin-related ...
Shahul H. Ebrahim, N.M. Mujeeb Rahman, Rubina Imtiaz, Ernesto Gozzer et al.
The landfall of cyclone Amphan around the India and Bangladesh border on May 20, 2020, which resulted in the most severe storm in the region since 1999, highlights the limitations to standard disaster responses during pandemics such as the current COVID-19 crisis. The frequency of geophysical, meteo...
Kevin Pollpeter
Abstract China's space industry has made remarkable technological advances in the variety and sophistication of its satellites, human space flight program, and lunar exploration program. China appears to be taking an integrative innovation approach in which foreign technologies are built upon and im...
Neaz A. Hasan, Mohammad Mahfujul Haque
Abstract The spread of COVID-19 engulfs almost all the countries and territories of the planet, and infections and fatality are increasing rapidly. The first epi-center of its’ massive spread was in Wuhan, Hubei province, China having a temperate weather, but the spread has got an unprecedented mome...
Jeffrey Engstrom
Abstract The participation of East Asian militaries (Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea) in international disaster relief is a relatively new phenomenon having many implications that will shape the global landscape of the 21st century. This article looks at the historical record of these operatio...
Mila Shakya, Andrew J. Pollard
Rabab Batool and colleagues1Batool R Qamar ZH Salam RA Yousafzai MT Ashorn P Qamar FN Efficacy of typhoid vaccines against culture-confirmed Salmonella Typhi in typhoid endemic countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Lancet Glob Health. 2024; 12: e589-e598Google Scholar report the efficacy ...
Mansura Akter Enni, Bangladesh
This systematic review comprehensively investigates the diagnostic utility, methodological evolution, and translational impact of Allele-Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction (AS-PCR) in the detection and management of hereditary disorders. AS-PCR has established itself as a cornerstone in molecular di...
Manas Pustake, Purushottam Giri, Sampada Tambolkar, Shreeja Nayak
Sir, Salmonella typhi infection is more prevalent in South Asian countries because of poor hygiene practices, fecal contamination of water bodies, water scarcity, poverty, and overcrowding. According to recent reports, around 21 million people contract typhoid each year, causing 161,000 deaths.[1] T...
Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie
AbstractThis study of gendered migration from the Indian subcontinent to Cape Town focuses on women who did travel and those who did not. It identifies the split-household as being the dominant household formation in the first half of the twentieth century, a matter of preference of Indian male migr...
Ana Belén Ibarz-Pavón, Marie-Christine Bielsky, Rubina Bose, Marco Cavaleri et al.
Enteric fever caused by Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A and, to a lesser extent, S. Paratyphi B and C, remains a significant cause of mortality and morbidity in resource-constrained settings. Typhoid conjugate vaccines (TCVs) protect against S. Typhi but no vaccine to date protect...