Publications by authors named "T E Geraghty"

Risk assessments are important tools to identify deficits in biosecurity management practices. A major strength of some existing tools is that they facilitate cross-country comparisons. However, a weakness is their failure to account for unique intra-national farming enterprise structures such as, for example, pasture-based dairying.

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Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful degenerative joint disease and a leading source of years lived with disability globally due to inadequate treatment options. Neuroimmune interactions reportedly contribute to OA pain pathogenesis. Notably, in rodents, macrophages in the DRG are associated with onset of persistent OA pain.

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  • - This study investigates Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) infection in cattle, which can cause various health issues, aiming to analyze the genetic diversity of M. bovis strains from clinical samples in Ireland and Scotland.
  • - Researchers sequenced the genomes of 24 M. bovis strains (19 from Ireland and 5 from Scotland) and compared them to 117 existing genetic assemblies to create a phylogenetic tree, identifying Irish strains in two groups and all Scottish strains in one.
  • - The findings highlight the similarities between Irish and Scottish M. bovis strains and underscore the importance of biosecurity in cattle management due to the global spread of this infection facilitated by international cattle movement.
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Background: Children and young people (CYP) seen by child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) often experience safeguarding issues. Yet little is known about the volume and nature of these risks, including how different adversities or risks relate to one another. This exploratory study aims to bridge this gap, examining rates at entry to services and profiles of risk using a latent class analysis.

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  • Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful joint disease related to neuroimmune interactions, with macrophages in the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) contributing to OA pain in animal models.
  • In experiments, researchers depleted certain macrophages in male and female mice using a specific drug to assess changes in pain behaviors and joint damage following two types of joint surgeries.
  • Results showed that macrophage depletion reduced pain symptoms in both male and female mice but did not affect cartilage damage or inflammation levels, while specific types of macrophages in the DRG were significantly decreased after treatment.
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