Publications by authors named "M Tortora"

Glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT1-DS) is an uncommon condition represented by an infantile-onset disorder, frequently arising from heterozygous mutations in the gene. Individuals with GLUT1-DS may present with early-onset seizures (typically manifesting before 4 years of age), developmental delay, and complex movement disorders. In fewer cases, stroke-like events or hemiplegic migraine-like symptoms are also reported, defined by unilateral paresis affecting 1 side of the body and/or one-half of the face, occasionally accompanied by speech impairment.

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Introduction: Precision medicine refers to managing brain tumors according to each patient's unique characteristics when it was realized that patients with the same type of tumor differ greatly in terms of survival, responsiveness to treatment, and toxicity of medication. Precision diagnostics can now be advanced through the establishment of imaging biomarkers, which necessitates quantitative image acquisition and processing. The VASARI (Visually AcceSAble Rembrandt Images) manual annotation methodology is an ideal and suitable way to determine the accurate association between genotype and imaging phenotype.

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Long COVID is a multi-systemic disease characterized by the persistence or occurrence of many symptoms that in many cases affect the pulmonary system. These, in turn, may deteriorate the patient's quality of life making it easier to develop severe complications. Being able to predict this syndrome is therefore important as this enables early treatment.

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In mammalian interphase cells, genomes are folded by cohesin loop extrusion limited by directional CTCF barriers. This interplay leads to the enrichment of cohesin at barriers, isolation between neighboring topologically associating domains, and elevated contact frequency between convergent CTCF barriers across the genome. However, recent measurements present a puzzle: reported residence times for CTCF on chromatin are in the range of a few minutes, while lifetimes for cohesin are much longer.

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Article Synopsis
  • The growth of health technologies has led to an increased focus on biobanks, which are essential for research and experimental therapies using human biological samples.
  • The concept of biobanks has evolved from informal collections to well-organized institutions, with imaging biobanks emerging as a new field that combines medical images and biomarkers for research purposes.
  • The integration of imaging biobanks with traditional biobanks is important for advancing medical research, necessitating a clear legal and ethical framework, especially in Europe and Italy.
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