Tuberculosis has been a public health crisis since the 1900, which has caused the highest mortalities due to a single bacterial infection worldwide, that was recently further complicated by the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The causative agent of Tuberculosis, , belongs to a genetically well-characterized family of strains known as the complex, which has complicated progress made towards eradicating Tuberculosis due to pathogen-specific phenotypic differences in the members of this complex. complex strains are genetically diverse human- and animal-adapted pathogens belonging to 7 lineages (Indo-Oceanic, East-Asian, East-African Indian, Euro-American, West Africa 1, West Africa 2 and Ethopia), respectively and the recently identified Lineage 8 and Lineage 9.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeoantigens are peptides derived from non-synonymous mutations presented by human leukocyte antigens (HLAs), which are recognized by antitumour T cells. The large HLA allele diversity and limiting clinical samples have restricted the study of the landscape of neoantigen-targeted T cell responses in patients over their treatment course. Here we applied recently developed technologies to capture neoantigen-specific T cells from blood and tumours from patients with metastatic melanoma with or without response to anti-programmed death receptor 1 (PD-1) immunotherapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Intradetrusor injections of onabotulinumtoxinA are efficacious for the treatment of overactive bladder with urgency urinary incontinence in adults refractory to or intolerant of anticholinergics. Delivery of onabotulinumtoxinA via instillation would reduce the need for intradetrusor injections. The objective of this trial was to assess the efficacy and safety of intravesical instillation of an onabotulinumtoxinA + hydrogel admixture.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to place an inordinate burden on U.S. population health, and vaccination is the most powerful tool for curbing SARS-CoV-2 transmission, saving lives, and promoting economic recovery.
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