Publications by authors named "S D Horton"

Nitric oxide (NO) was proclaimed the 1992 "molecule of the year" by Culotta in Science magazine because of its importance in neuroscience, physiology and immunology. Inhaled NO has been in clinical use for over 35 years to decrease pulmonary hypertension and improve oxygenation. Over the last 20 years there has been much research to understand the role of nitric oxide on cell surface receptors, mitochondria, and intracellular processes which involve calcium and superoxide radicals.

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Objectives: To determine if a priori standardization of outcome hemostatic definitions alone was adequate to enable useful comparison between two cohorts of pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) patients, managed according to local practice and protocol.

Design: Comparison of two separate prospective cohort studies performed at different centers with standardized outcome definitions agreed upon a priori.

Setting: General and cardiac PICUs at the Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne, Australia, and the Sophia Children's Hospital (SCH) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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Strengths-based media coverage of people with disability challenges deficits-based perceptions of impairment that are elicited through a traditional, medical model. As an evaluation of strengths-based media coverage, we examined the impact of viewing Paralympic media coverage on explicit attitudes toward people with disability. University students (N = 135, Mage = 20.

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Initial clinical trials with drugs targeting epigenetic modulators - such as bromodomain and extraterminal protein (BET) inhibitors - demonstrate modest results in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A major reason for this involves an increased transcriptional plasticity within AML, which allows cells to escape the therapeutic pressure. In this study, we investigated immediate epigenetic and transcriptional responses following BET inhibition and could demonstrate that BET inhibitor-mediated release of BRD4 from chromatin is accompanied by an acute compensatory feedback that attenuates down-regulation, or even increases expression, of specific transcriptional modules.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study systematically reviews evidence on cancer drug wastage and the effectiveness of various mitigation methods, assessing articles from databases like Scopus, PubMed, and EMBASE.
  • Out of 6298 articles, 94 were included, with most focusing on high-income countries and recent publications, revealing that a significant number report on mitigation methods like vial sharing and dose rounding.
  • Findings show that cancer drug wastage costs are notably higher in the US compared to other countries, emphasizing the need for better reporting standards for drug wastage in future research to improve healthcare expenditure efficiency.
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