Human Genome Project (information and technology) provides insights so profound that it has the ability to change the way we understand, predict, prevent, diagnose, and treat disease. Because SNPs, single nucleotide polymorphisms, are the most common type of polymorphism, they can have significant effects on both susceptibility to disease as well as drug response. In Japan, 'Millennium Project' based on SNPs has started in 2000, and National Research Centers of MHLW are performing genome-wide association study on five common diseases (dementia, cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and asthma/allergy). National Children's Hospital group studies asthma/allergy and its drug therapy. Here the overview of 'Millennium Project' and the actual research framework of National Children's Hospital group is reviewed.
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J Viral Hepat
February 2025
Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
As the second most populated country in Africa, Ethiopia needs public health measures to control diseases that impact its population. The goal of this study is to analyse disease burdens of HBV and HCV, while also highlighting their estimated associated costs for the country. A literature review and a Delphi process reflecting input of Ethiopian experts and the National Viral Hepatitis Technical Working Group were used to complement mathematical modelling to estimate HBV and HCV disease and economic burdens.
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November 2024
ANID Millennium Science Initiative Program, Millennium Nucleus Disability and Citizenship (DISCA), Project No. NCS2022_039, Santiago 7510157, Chile.
The Papanicolaou (Pap) test is one of the most effective methods for cervical cancer screening. However, women with disabilities are less likely to be screened. The objective of this study is to determine whether there is a difference in Pap test utilisation between women with and without disabilities and to analyse the demographic, socioeconomic, and health-related characteristics associated with Pap test uptake among women with disabilities in Chile.
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January 2025
Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Clinico Universitario, INCLIVA, Biomedical Research Institute, University of Valencia, Avenida Menendez Pelayo nro 4 accesorio, Valencia, Spain.
Introduction: Gastric cancer (GC) burden is currently evolving with regional differences associated with complex behavioural, environmental, and genetic risk factors. The LEGACy study is a Horizon 2020-funded multi-institutional research project conducted prospectively to provide comprehensive data on the tumour biological characteristics of gastroesophageal cancer from European and LATAM countries.
Material And Methods: Treatment-naïve advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma patients were prospectively recruited in seven European and LATAM countries.
Blood Cancer J
December 2024
Department of Hematology & Oncology, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a complex hematological malignancy of clonal plasma cells driven by alterations to the chromosomal material leading to uncontrolled proliferation in the bone marrow. Ethnic and racial disparities persist in the prevalence, diagnosis, management, and outcomes of MM. These disparities are multifaceted and intersect with various factors, including demographics, geography, socioeconomic status, genetics, and access to healthcare.
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