[Reconstructive procedures in women with irradiation injuries of urinary tract: change of a paradigm].

Introduction: Radiation therapy is one of the main methods of treating pelvic malignant tumors, which provides good oncological results. Specific features of the pelvic anatomy may result in various radiation injuries of adjacent organs, which are complicated by genitourinary fistulas, post-radiation fibrosis with the formation of hydronephrosis, microcyst, reducing the quality of life.

Aim: To describe the relevance and importance of the correct choice of surgical treatment in patients with post-radiation urinary tract injuries.

Single Injection AAV2-FGF18 Gene Therapy Reduces Cartilage Loss and Subchondral Bone Damage in a Mechanically Induced Model of Osteoarthritis.

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly debilitating, degenerative pathology of cartilaginous joints affecting over 500 million people worldwide. The global economic burden of OA is estimated at $260-519 billion and growing, driven by aging global population and increasing rates of obesity. To date, only the multi-injection chondroanabolic treatment regimen of Fibroblast Growth Factor 18 (FGF18) has demonstrated clinically meaningful disease-modifying efficacy in placebo-controlled human trials.

Development and characterization of a first-in-class adjustable-dose gene therapy system.

Introduction: Despite significant potential, gene therapy has been relegated to the treatment of rare diseases, due in part to an inability to adjust dosage following initial administration. Other significant constraints include cost, specificity, antigenicity, and systemic toxicity of current generation technologies. To overcome these challenges, we developed a first-in-class adjustable-dose gene therapy system, with optimized biocompatibility, localization, durability, and cost.

Differential Expression of Proteins Associated with Bipolar Disorder as Identified Using the PeptideShaker Software.

The prevalence of bipolar disorder (BD) in modern society is growing rapidly, but due to the lack of paraclinical criteria, its differential diagnosis with other mental disorders is somewhat challenging. In this regard, the relevance of proteomic studies is increasing due to the development of methods for processing large data arrays; this contributes to the discovery of protein patterns of pathological processes and the creation of new methods of diagnosis and treatment. It seems promising to search for proteins involved in the pathogenesis of BD in an easily accessible material-blood serum.

African Mountain Thistles: Three New Genera in the Group.

The floras on the highest mountains in tropical eastern Africa are among the most unique floras in the world. Despite the exceptionally high concentration of endemic species, these floras remain understudied from an evolutionary point of view. In this study, we focus on the group (subtribe Carduinae) to unravel the evolutionary relationships of the species endemic to the tropical Afromontane and Afroalpine floras, aiming to improve the systematics of the group.