Rumen and hindgut microbiome regulate average daily gain of preweaning Holstein heifer calves in different ways.

Background: The average daily gain (ADG) of preweaning calves significantly influences their adult productivity and reproductive performance. Gastrointestinal microbes are known to exert an impact on host phenotypes, including ADG. The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanisms by which gastrointestinal microbiome regulate ADG in preweaning calves and to further validate them by isolating ADG-associated rumen microbes in vitro.

Efficacy of integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and anti-retroviral therapy on immunological nonresponse in patients with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: a Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To explore the efficacy of integrating Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and anti-retroviral therapy (ART), a customized combination of different classes of medications which was also called cock-tail treatment, on the immunological nonresponse (INR) in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (PLWH).

Methods: Relevant literature in databases such as China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database (CNKI), Wanfang Digital Journal, Chinese Medical Journal Database (CMJD), Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM), PubMed, Cochrane, and Embase was reviewed by two independent investigators. Data were extracted from the studies according to the eligible criteria and analyzed using Review Manager 5.

Effectiveness and Safety Evaluation of Chinese Medicine in Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer after Chemotherapy Failure: Protocol of a Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study.

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths and has the third highest incidence in the world. Almost half of the patients with CRC have metastases at the time of diagnosis. However, the treatment for patients with metastatic CRC that progresses after approved conventional chemotherapy is still controversial.

Early Feeding Regime of Waste Milk, Milk, and Milk Replacer for Calves Has Different Effects on Rumen Fermentation and the Bacterial Community.

We investigated the effects of different types of early feeding on rumen fermentation parameters and the bacterial community in calves. Fifty-four Holstein calves were assigned to three treatments and fed whole milk (M), pasteurized waste milk (WM), or milk replacer (MR). Male calves were slaughtered at the age of two months to measure the stomach masses.

[Study on the four-year retention rate and influencing factors for 2,353 AIDS patients by Chinese medicine].

Objective: To analyze the retention rate and its influencing factors of HIV/AIDS patients by Chinese medicine (CM) maintenance treatment in the first 5 provinces in China.

Methods: Kaplan-Meier method was used to analyze the retention rate of treatment in patients. Cox hazard regression model was used to assess factors that might influence the treatment time of Chinese medication.

[Study of Tripterygium hypoglaucum Hutch and Celastrus orbiculatus thunb by FTIR spectrum].

The FTIR spectra of Tripterygium hypoglaucum Hutch (THH) and Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb were studied. The result shows that the two herbs have different ratio of main substance calcium oxalate and dulcitol, so their absorption frequency and form are different as well. In addition, there is an obvious difference between Celastrus orbiculatus stem and root, and both the peak forms of calcium oxalate and dulcitol in the FTIR spectra of roots are sharper and stronger than those of stems.

Cohort study on the effect of a combined treatment of traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine on the relapse and metastasis of 222 patients with stage II and III colorectal cancer after radical operation.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive therapy of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in reducing the relapse and metastasis of stage II and III colorectal cancer based on conventional Western medicine (WM) therapy.

Methods: Two hundred and twenty-two patients in total, diagnosed as stage II and III colorectal cancer from February 2000 to March 2006, were recruited from Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences and the General Hospital of Beijing Military Area. They were followed-up once every 3-6 months.