Publications by authors named "Emily Wang"

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  • Optimizing oncolytic viruses for cancer treatment involves removing harmful genes and adding new ones to improve their ability to replicate and stimulate immune responses.
  • The complex nature of viral genomes and the difficulty of creating modified viruses have slowed progress in developing these therapies.
  • Researchers used a novel strategy involving antibiotics, transposon systems, and advanced sequencing to efficiently engineer safer and more effective oncolytic viruses by identifying useful genetic changes.
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Given worsening youth mental health over the past years, mobile medical units are a potential avenue to increase access to mental healthcare services. This 1-year retrospective study examined a self-administered psychosocial assessment, and referrals made to mental health services for adolescent patients served by a mobile medical unit. We extracted psychosocial assessment responses, Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) scores, and mental health referral information for patients seen by the mobile medical unit in 2022 and examined rates and predictors of depression and referral to mental health services.

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Purpose Of Review: To summarize the impact of financial hardship on children whose parents have been incarcerated, describe both existing cash transfer and guaranteed income programs, and highlight their impact on child and family well being.

Recent Findings: Emerging data on guaranteed income programs for formerly incarcerated adults indicates that the funds improve recipient health and legal system outcomes and allow participants to spend funds on stabilizing themselves and their families. Guaranteed income programs in the broader population similarly highlight the use of funds to support families' basic needs and improved parent-child relationships, but more data are needed to understand the impact on child health and well being among families impacted by the criminal legal system.

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The MutSL mismatch repair (MMR) systems in bacteria and eukaryotes correct mismatches made at the replication fork to maintain genome stability. A novel MMR system is represented by the EndoMS/NucS endonuclease from Actinobacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum, which recognizes mismatched substrates in vitro and creates dsDNA breaks at the mismatch. In this report, a genetic analysis shows that an M.

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Macroautophagy/autophagy degrades and recycles cellular constituents via the lysosome to maintain cellular homeostasis. Our study identified the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident SIGMAR1 (sigma non-opioid intracellular receptor 1) as a critical regulator of the biosynthesis of Atg8-family proteins that leads to the lipidation that is essential during autophagosome formation. We demonstrate that SIGMAR1 stabilizes and mRNAs, promoting their localized translation proximal to the ER for efficient lipidation.

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Background And Objective: Belzutifan, a hypoxia-inducible factor 2 alpha inhibitor, was approved initially for patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease and more recently for sporadic, metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) based on the results of LITESPARK-005. There is a paucity of data regarding real-world experience with belzutifan in patients with sporadic, metastatic ccRCC. This study aims to describe clinical outcomes with belzutifan in patients with sporadic, metastatic ccRCC.

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The KRAS oncogene drives many common and highly fatal malignancies. These include pancreatic, lung, and colorectal cancer, where various activating KRAS mutations have made the development of KRAS inhibitors difficult. Here we identify the scaffold protein SH3 and multiple ankyrin repeat domain 3 (SHANK3) as a RAS interactor that binds active KRAS, including mutant forms, competes with RAF and limits oncogenic KRAS downstream signalling, maintaining mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MAPK/ERK) activity at an optimal level.

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Background: Incarceration is a social determinant of cardiovascular health but is rarely addressed in clinical settings or public health prevention efforts. People who have been incarcerated are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) at younger ages and have worse cardiovascular outcomes compared with the general population, even after controlling for traditional risk factors. This study aims to identify incarceration-specific factors that are associated with uncontrolled CVD risk factors to identify potential targets for prevention.

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This article introduces the Special Issue: Selected Papers From the 2022 Apraxia Kids Research Symposium. The field of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) has developed significantly in the past 15 years, with key improvements in understanding of basic biology including genetics, neuroscience, and computational modelling; development of diagnostic tools and methods; diversity of evidence-based interventions with increasingly rigorous experimental designs; and understanding of impacts beyond impairment-level measures. Papers in this special issue not only review and synthesize the some of the substantial progress to date but also present novel findings addressing critical research gaps and adding to the overall body of knowledge.

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Autophagosome formation initiated on the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-associated omegasome requires LC3. Translational regulation of LC3 biosynthesis is unexplored. Here we demonstrate that LC3 mRNA is recruited to omegasomes by directly binding to the ER transmembrane Sigma-1 receptor (S1R).

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Belief in powerful supernatural agents that enforce moral norms has been theoretically linked with cooperative altruism and prosociality. Correspondingly, prior research reveals an implicit association between atheism and extreme antisociality (e.g.

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We examine the relationship between BMI and food purchase behavior using a unique dataset that links individual-level food purchases to health data. We find that individuals with higher BMI are significantly more sensitive to price changes in vice categories but do not show similar sensitivity in comparable nonvice categories. We rely on past literature that defines and identifies vice categories as those that are tempting and purchased impulsively.

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Decarbonizing food production and mitigating agriculture's environmental impact require new technologies for precise delivery of fertilizers and pesticides to plants. The cuticle, a waxy barrier that protects the surface of leaves, causes 60%-90% runoff of fertilizers and pesticides, leading to the wastage of intensive resources, soil depletion, and water bodies pollution. Solutions to mitigate runoff include adding chemicals (e.

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Dietary restriction (DR) and hypoxia (low oxygen) extend lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans through the induction of a convergent downstream longevity gene, fmo-2. Flavin-containing monooxygenases (FMOs) are highly conserved xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes with a clear role in promoting longevity in nematodes and a plausible similar role in mammals. This makes them an attractive potential target of small molecule drugs to stimulate the health-promoting effects of longevity pathways.

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The relationship between speaking rate and speech motor variability was examined in three groups of neurotypical adults, = 40; 15 young adults (18-30 years), 13 adults (31-40 years), and 12 middle-aged adults (41-50 years). Participants completed a connected speech task at three speaking rates (habitual, fast, and slow) where kinematic (lower lip movement) and acoustic data were obtained. Duration and variability were measured at each speaking rate.

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Objective: This article reviews clinical trial data that assesses the safety, efficacy, and clinical application of spesolimab, an interleukin-36 (IL-36) blocker, for the treatment of generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP).

Data Sources: A review of the literature was conducted using the search terms: "spesolimab," "BI 655130," and "spevigo" in MEDLINE (PubMed) and Clinicaltrials.gov from January 1, 1950 to October 31, 2023.

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Background: Although internal medicine (IM) physicians accept public advocacy as a professional responsibility, there is little evidence that IM training programs teach advocacy skills. The prevalence and characteristics of public advocacy curricula in US IM residency programs are unknown.

Objectives: To describe the prevalence and characteristics of curricula in US IM residencies addressing public advocacy for communities and populations; to describe barriers to the provision of such curricula.

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Encapsulating an electrocatalytic material with a semipermeable, nanoscopic oxide overlayer offers a promising approach to enhancing its stability, activity, and/or selectivity compared to an unencapsulated electrocatalyst. However, applying nanoscopic oxide encapsulation layers to high-surface-area electrodes such as nanoparticle-supported porous electrodes is a challenging task. This study demonstrates that the recently developed condensed layer deposition (CLD) method can be used for depositing nanoscopic (sub-10 nm thick) titanium dioxide (TiO) overlayers onto high-surface-area platinized carbon foam electrodes.

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Background And Aims: The intestine plays a key role in metabolism, nutrient and water absorption, and provides both physical and immunological defense against dietary and luminal antigens. The protective mucosal lining in the intestine is a critical component of intestinal barrier that when compromised, can lead to increased permeability, a defining characteristic of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), among other intestinal diseases. Here, we define a new role for the flavin-containing monooxygenase (FMO) family of enzymes in maintaining a healthy intestinal epithelium.

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Organisms across taxa face stresses including variable temperature, redox imbalance, and xenobiotics. Successfully responding to stress and restoring homeostasis are crucial for survival. Aging is associated with a decreased stress response and alterations in the microbiome, which contribute to disease development.

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