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Endocrine
December 2024
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Institut de Cancérologie Strasbourg Europe (ICANS), University Hospitals of Strasbourg, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Purpose: To evaluate organ-specific response to [Lu]DOTATATE Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) in patients with small intestine neuroendocrine tumor (SiNET) through [Ga]DOTATOC PET/CT, and to analyze tumor uptake and functional volume variations at different metastatic sites in relation to disease progression during clinical follow-up after treatment.
Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 33 metastatic patients. PET/CT were performed pre-treatment (PET0), mid-treatment after two PRRT cycles (PET2), and post-treatment (PET4).
Generation of induced pluripotent cells (hiPSCs)-derived skeletal muscle progenitor cells (SMPCs) holds great promise for regenerative medicine for skeletal muscle wasting diseases, as for example Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Multiple approaches, involving ectopic expression of key regulatory myogenic genes or small molecules cocktails, have been described by different groups to obtain SMPC towards cell-transplantation as a therapeutic approach to skeletal muscle diseases. However, hiPSCs-derived SMPC generated using transgene-free protocols are usually obtained in a low amount and resemble a more embryonal/fetal stage of differentiation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: High-throughput in vitro pharmacological toxicity testing is essential for drug discovery. Precision-cut liver slices (PCLS) provide a robust system for screening that is more representative of the complex 3D structure of the whole liver than isolated hepatocytes. However, PCLS are not available as off-the-shelf products, significantly limiting their translational potential.
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November 2024
Internal Medicine, Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Gainesville, USA.
Heart failure (HF) is a complex clinical condition with symptoms that result from ineffective ejection of blood due to functional or structural impairment of the heart. The most common causes of HF include ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction (MI), hypertension, and valvular heart disease (VHD). As HF progresses to advanced stages, interventions, like left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), become essential, especially for patients ineligible for heart transplantation.
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November 2024
Division of Quality in Healthcare, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, POL.
Introduction: With the emergence of the global pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, health service providers were put to the test. The utilization of operating theatres is one of the prime indicators of the logistic and organizational efficacy of a hospital. We performed an analysis evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the fluidity of providing surgical care to a patient with severe comorbidities and the organizational efficacy of the operating theater in a university hospital in northern Poland.
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