The incidence of infections attributed to antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) pathogens has increased exponentially over the recent decades reaching 1.27 million deaths worldwide in 2019. Without intervention, these infections are predicted to cause up to 10 million deaths a year and incur costs of up to 100 trillion US dollars globally by 2050.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are only exceptionally primary to the kidney. At present, scant information is known regarding the behavior and prognosis of renal NETs, especially according to the assessment of grading parameters used for NETs originating from other more commonplace sites such as the pancreas and lungs. There are only rare reports of grade assessment in renal NETs, with most of these reports relying upon now antiquated World Health Organization gastroenteropancreatic and lung/thymus criteria.
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September 2023
is a common cause of hospital-acquired infections, including central line-associated bloodstream infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Unfortunately, effective control of these infections can be difficult, in part due to the prevalence of multi-drug resistant strains of . There remains a need for novel therapeutic interventions against , and the use of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) is a promising alternative strategy to current standard of care treatments such as antibiotics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImmunotherapy has remained at the vanguard of promising cancer therapeutic regimens due to its exceptionally high specificity for tumor cells and potential for significantly improved treatment-associated quality of life compared to other therapeutic approaches such as surgery and chemoradiation. This is especially true in the digestive system, where high rates of mutation give rise to a host of targetable tumor-specific antigens. Many patients, however, do not exhibit measurable improvements under immunotherapy due to intrinsic or acquired resistance, making predictive biomarkers necessary to determine which patients will benefit from this line of treatment.
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