Objective: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has a higher incidence in Latin America, with adult patients experiencing worse long-term outcomes despite high complete remission (CR) rates. When treated with adult regimens, 3-year overall survival (OS) is approximately 20%. However, adopting pediatric-inspired regimens (PIRs) has shown improved outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Early treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with remdesivir in high-risk patients, including those with immunosuppression of different causes, has not been evaluated. The objective of this study was to assess the clinical effectiveness of early remdesivir treatment among patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 at high risk of progression.
Methods: This prospective cohort comparative study was conducted in a tertiary referral center in Mexico City.
Extracellular vesicles (EV) have attracted much attention as potential biomarkers due to their protein, RNA and other nucleic acid content. The most common method used for EV isolation is differential ultracentrifugation (DU), however given the DU technical difficulties, other more practical methods have surged, such as membrane-affinity column commercial kits. Here, we assessed one commercial kit in terms of EV recovery and EV-derived RNA yield and compared it with a DU protocol.
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