Perceptions of General Surgery Program Leadership and Residents on Research Sabbatical.

Introduction: The incorporation of a 1-y- or 2-y research period during general surgery residency is increasingly common in many academic programs, yet often, it is heterogeneously structured and ill-defined. This survey-based observational study aimed to characterize the perceptions of general surgery program directors (PDs) and residents regarding an in-training, dedicated research sabbatical.

Methods: Two surveys were conducted using Qualtrics software.

The 50 Most Cited Articles on Meniscus Injuries and Surgery from 2000 to 2019 Focus on Arthroscopic Repair or Removal, Originate from Institutions Within the United States and Were Published Before 2010.

Purpose: To identify the 50 most cited original articles on meniscus injury and surgery from 2000 to 2019, and to perform a bibliometric analysis of the identified articles.

Methods: A Clarivate Web of Science search, completed in June 2020, generated a list of the most cited articles related to meniscus research. Articles were sorted by number of times cited, and review articles or those unrelated to the meniscus were removed.

STAT3 signaling stimulates miR-21 expression in bovine cumulus cells during in vitro oocyte maturation.

MicroRNAs are potent regulators of gene expression that have been widely implicated in reproduction and embryo development. Recent studies have demonstrated that miR-21, a microRNA extensively studied in the context of disease, is important in multiple facets of reproductive biology including folliculogenesis, ovulation, oocyte maturation and early mammalian development. Surprisingly, little is known about the mechanisms that regulate miR-21 and no studies have characterized these regulatory pathways in cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs).