Publications by authors named "R Beutler"

Article Synopsis
  • A randomized trial was conducted at 34 US hospitals to assess the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine for treating hospitalized adults with COVID-19, enrolling 479 patients from April to June 2020 and stopping early due to futility.
  • Participants were divided into two groups, receiving either hydroxychloroquine or a placebo, with primary outcomes measured 14 days post-randomization using a 7-category scale.
  • Results showed that despite a diverse patient sample, hydroxychloroquine did not demonstrate improved clinical outcomes compared to the placebo, leading to a conclusion of its ineffectiveness for this patient population.
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Background And Objective: The Mid-Atlantic Cancer Genetics Network (MACGN) targets individuals from cancer risk assessment clinics for recruitment into a national hereditary cancer registry. We sought to determine whether different recruitment methods used in a high-risk breast and ovarian cancer clinic yielded differences into enrollment into MACGN.

Methods: Two methods of recruitment were compared over an 8-month period.

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The glucose transporter of Escherichia coli couples translocation with phosphorylation of glucose. The IICB(Glc) subunit spans the membrane eight times. Split, circularly permuted and cyclized forms of IICB(Glc) are described.

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The dihydroxyacetone kinase (DhaK) of Escherichia coli consists of three soluble protein subunits. DhaK (YcgT; 39.5 kDa) and DhaL (YcgS; 22.

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