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Delays in Diagnostic Colonoscopy After Positive FIT in an Integrated Healthcare System.
Dig Dis Sci
January 2025
Division of Hospital and Specialty Medicine, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, USA.
Background: Colorectal cancer screening with fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) is a process that depends on diagnostic colonoscopy for those with a positive test and completion of colonoscopy after positive FIT is an essential element of program effectiveness.
Aims: We examined how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced completion of diagnostic colonoscopy after positive FIT in our integrated healthcare system.
Methods: This was a retrospective study of all positive FIT over a 5-year period.
IgA class switching enhances neutralizing potency against SARS-CoV-2 by increased antibody hinge flexibility.
Antiviral Res
January 2025
School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, China; Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control (Sun Yat-sen University), Ministry of Education; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbes and Biosafety. Electronic address:
IgA antibodies are critical components of the mucosal immune barrier, providing essential first-line defense against viral infections. In this study, we investigated the impact of antibody class switching on neutralization efficacy by engineering recombinant antibodies of different isotypes (IgA1, IgG1) with identical variable regions from SARS-CoV-2 convalescent patients. A potent, broad-spectrum neutralizing monoclonal antibody CAV-C65 exhibited a ten-fold increase in neutralization potency upon switching from IgG1 to IgA1 monomer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCost-Effectiveness of Noninvasive Colorectal Cancer Screening in Community Clinics.
JAMA Netw Open
January 2025
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Hutchinson Institute for Cancer Outcomes Research and Biostatistics Program, Public Health Sciences Division, Seattle, Washington.
Importance: Several noninvasive tests for colorectal cancer screening are available, but their effectiveness in settings with low adherence to screening and follow-up colonoscopy is not well documented.
Objective: To assess the cost-effectiveness of and outcomes associated with noninvasive colorectal cancer screening strategies, including new blood-based tests, in a population with low adherence to screening and ongoing surveillance colonoscopy.
Design, Setting, And Participants: The validated microsimulation model used for the decision analytical modeling study projected screening outcomes from 2025 to 2124 for a simulated cohort of 10 million individuals aged 50 years in 2025 and representative of a predominantly Hispanic or Latino patient population served by a Federally Qualified Health Center in Southern California.
NesT-NABind: a Nested Transformer for Nucleic Acid-Binding Site Prediction on Protein Surface.
J Chem Inf Model
January 2025
School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 393 Middle Huaxia Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 201210, China.
Protein-nucleic acid interactions play a crucial role in many physiological processes. Identifying the binding sites of nucleotides on the protein surface is the prerequisite for understanding the molecular recognition mechanisms between the two types of macromolecules and also provides the information to design or generate molecule modulators against these sites to manipulate biological function according to specific requirements. Existing studies mainly focus on characterizing local surfaces around sites, often neglecting the interrelationships among these sites and the global protein information.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCost Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening Strategies in Middle- and High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.
J Gastroenterol Hepatol
January 2025
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Background And Aim: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a significant global health burden, and screening can greatly reduce CRC incidence and mortality. Previous studies investigated the economic effects of CRC screening. We performed a systematic review to provide the cost-effectiveness of CRC screening strategies across countries with different income levels.
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