Epidemiology of bacterial biofilms on polyps and normal tissues in a screening colonoscopy cohort.

Background: Invasive bacterial biofilms are implicated in colorectal cancer. However, their prevalence on histologically normal tissues and polyps is not well established, and risk factors of biofilms have not been previously investigated. Here we evaluated potential procedural and demographic risk factors associated with biofilm status using a cross-sectional observational cohort.

Desferrioxamine B (DFOB) assisted nanofiltration system for the recycling of gallium from low concentrated wastewater.

Gallium is classified as a technology metal as it is important for technological innovations. It is also referred to as a strategic metal, which emphasizes its economic relevance. In addition, gallium is a critical raw material that is strategically important but only available in limited quantities.

Elucidating the Mechanism of Electro-Adsorption on Electrically Conductive Ultrafiltration Membranes via Modified Poisson-Boltzmann Equation.

Electrically conductive membranes (ECMs) were prepared by coating porous ethylenediamine-modified polyacrylonitrile (PAN-EDA) UF membranes with an ultrathin layer of platinum (Pt) nanoparticles through magnetron sputtering. These ECMs were used in electrofiltration to study the removal of brilliant blue dye from an aqueous solution under positive electrical potentials (0-2.5 V).

Insights into pharmacogenetics, drug-gene interactions, and drug-drug-gene interactions.

This review explores genetic contributors to drug interactions, known as drug-gene and drug-drug-gene interactions (DGI and DDGI, respectively). This article is part of a mini-review issue led by the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) New Investigators Group. Pharmacogenetics (PGx) is the study of the impact of genetic variation on pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and adverse drug reactions.