Publications by authors named "M Yanik"
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- The study focuses on developing a new drug, "IHNOCS," aimed at treating Head, Neck, and Oral Cancer by targeting specific proteins to suppress cancer progression.
- Using advanced computational tools, researchers demonstrated that IHNOCS effectively inhibits the KRTAP2-3 protein and modulates TGF-β, which helps to slow down cancer metastasis.
- While the drug shows promising results in theory, it will need to go through further experimental testing, including lab studies and clinical trials, to evaluate its effectiveness in real-world situations.
We introduce Ultra-Flexible Tentacle Electrodes (UFTEs), packing many independent fibers with the smallest possible footprint without limitation in recording depth using a combination of mechanical and chemical tethering for insertion. We demonstrate a scheme to implant UFTEs simultaneously into many brain areas at arbitrary locations without angle-of-insertion limitations, and a 512-channel wireless logger. Immunostaining reveals no detectable chronic tissue damage even after several months.
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- The study explored health inequities in maternal and neonatal outcomes for patients with placenta accreta spectrum across various racial and ethnic groups.
- Researchers analyzed data from 408 pregnancies, finding that most diagnoses were made before birth and that the patient demographic largely consisted of non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic Black individuals.
- Ultimately, the study concluded that after accounting for various factors like age and income, there were no significant differences in adverse outcomes among the different racial and ethnic groups studied.
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- Recent studies have explored the link between human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and human herpesvirus 7 (HHV-7) in the development of pityriasis rosea (PR), yielding inconsistent findings due to varying sample types and techniques used.
- In this study, researchers tested tissue and plasma samples from 25 PR patients for HHV-6 and HHV-7 using advanced molecular and serological methods, finding a significant prevalence of HHV-6 and HHV-7 in the samples.
- The results suggest that both HHV-6 and HHV-7 may play a role in PR, recommending the simultaneous collection of diverse biological samples and the use of quantitative real-time PCR for clearer