Publications by authors named "C P Schaaf"

Intestinal ischemia and reperfusion injury (IRI) is a deadly and common condition. Death is associated with sepsis due to insufficient epithelial repair, requiring stem cell-driven regeneration, typically beginning 48 h after injury. Animal models are critical to advancing this field.

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Rodents employ a broad spectrum of ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) for social communication. As these vocalizations offer valuable insights into affective states, social interactions, and developmental stages of animals, various deep learning approaches have aimed at automating both the quantitative (detection) and qualitative (classification) analysis of USVs. So far, no notable efforts have been made to determine the most suitable architecture.

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  • - The study aimed to find genetic variants causing multiple arterial aneurysms by analyzing a cohort of 2,189 patients after excluding those with known hereditary conditions.
  • - Whole exome sequencing of blood samples revealed 24 variants across 23 genes linked to vascular diseases, including significant findings for genes SMAD3, TNXB, and TET2, each linked to different syndromes and risks.
  • - All nine patients analyzed had gene variants recognized as associated with vascular diseases, highlighting the genetic underpinnings of multiple arterial aneurysms.
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Driven by technological innovations, newborn screening (NBS) panels have been expanded and the development of genomic NBS pilot programs is rapidly progressing. Decisions on disease selection for NBS are still based on the Wilson and Jungner (WJ) criteria published in 1968. Despite this uniform reference, interpretation of the WJ criteria and actual disease selection for NBS programs are highly variable.

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