Publications by authors named "Melissa Wolfe"
Article Synopsis
- Osteosarcoma is a serious type of bone cancer that mainly affects kids and young adults, and it can be hard to treat with standard methods.
- Researchers tested a new treatment called VSV-IFNβ-NIS on dogs with the same cancer to see if it could help improve survival rates.
- The treatment seemed safe and showed promise, as about 35% of the treated dogs lived longer, and they also had signs of strong immune responses against the cancer.
Article Synopsis
- Osteosarcoma is a serious bone cancer that mostly affects kids, teens, and young adults, and even with treatment, some patients get worse.
- A new treatment using a special virus called VSV-IFNβ-NIS was tested on dogs with this type of cancer before they had surgery, and it showed promising results.
- The treatment was safe, helped some dogs live longer, and boosted their immune systems to fight cancer better.
Small passerines, sometimes referred to as perching birds or songbirds, are the most abundant bird group in the United States (US) and Canada, and the most common among bird fatalities caused by collision with turbines at wind energy facilities. We used data compiled from 116 studies conducted in the US and Canada to estimate the annual rate of small-bird fatalities. It was necessary for us to calculate estimates of small-bird fatality rates from reported all-bird rates for 30% of studies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFirst do no harm: iatrogenic maintaining factors in anorexia nervosa.
Eur Eat Disord Rev
October 2011
The aim of this paper is to reflect on the way that we as clinicians may play an inadvertent role in perpetuating eating disordered behaviour. This is considered within the theoretical framework of Schmidt and Treasures' maintenance model of anorexia nervosa (AN). The model includes four main domains; interpersonal factors, pro-AN beliefs, emotional style and thinking style.
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