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Revision hip arthroscopy is increasingly common and most often performed to treat residual femoroacetabular impingement caused by cam under-resection. Unfortunately, other pathologies encountered during revision hip arthroscopy are more difficult to treat, including capsular deficiency, labral deficiency, adhesion formation, and/or cam over-resection. When encountered, these various pathologies should be comprehensibly corrected with the goals of restoring anatomy, re-establishing the hip fluid seal, and ensuring impingement-free motion.

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New Directions for Ophthalmic OCT - Handhelds, Surgery, and Robotics.

Transl Vis Sci Technol

January 2025

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.

The introduction of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the 1990s revolutionized diagnostic ophthalmic imaging. Initially, OCT's role was primarily in the adult ambulatory ophthalmic clinics. Subsequent advances in handheld form factors, integration into surgical microscopes, and robotic assistance have expanded OCT's utility and impact outside of its initial environment in the adult outpatient ophthalmic clinic.

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Purpose: To examine the overall reading levels of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction online patient education materials (OPEMs) written in English and Spanish.

Methods: We conducted Google searches for OPEMs using "ACL surgery" and "" as English and Spanish search terms, respectively. Several measures of readability were used to analyze 25 English-language OPEMs (Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch Reading Ease Grade Level, Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level, Coleman-Liau Index, Gunning Fog Index, and Simple Measure of Gobbledygook) and 25 Spanish-language OPEMs (Fernández-Huerta Index, Fernández-Huerta Grade Level, and Índice de Legibilidad de Flesch-Szigriszt).

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Introduction: Anti-thyroid antibodies not only cause thyroid dysfunction but have independent adverse outcomes in the fetus and mother during pregnancy and after birth. Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis as a presentation of immune system deregulation may be associated with a generalized activation of the immune system at the fetus-maternal unit, the placenta. This interference could be associated with pregnancy morbidities in m o t h e r a n d fetus.

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Multimodal Longitudinal Optical Imaging Reveals Optic Neuritis Preceding Retinal Pathology in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis.

Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm

January 2025

From the Departments of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology (R.R., A.E.H., R.U.) and Neuropathology (R.R., H.R.), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin; Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum, a Leibniz Institute, Immune Dynamics (A.E.H., R.G.) and Biophysical Analytics (A.R., R.A.N.), Berlin; NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (F.P.), Experimental and Clinical Research Center, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Max-Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine (F.P.); and Dynamic and Functional in vivo Imaging, Freie Universität (R.A.N.) Berlin, Germany.

Background And Objectives: Inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the CNS, chief among them multiple sclerosis (MS), are a major cause of disability in young adults. Early manifestations of MS commonly involve visual dysfunction, which is often caused by optic neuritis and is accompanied by quantifiable structural changes of the anterior visual pathway. Retinal optical coherence tomography (OCT) has emerged as an important tool for clinical assessment of these structural alterations, but the underlying pathobiological mechanisms and temporal dynamics are yet poorly understood at a cellular level.

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Orthostatic and Standing Hypertension and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease.

Hypertension

February 2025

Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (S.W.D., F.L.K., H.C., R.-A.N.T.-O., L.H.N., J.L.C., K.J.M., L.A.L., M.Z., S.P.J.).

Background: Orthostatic hypertension is an emerging risk factor for adverse events. Recent consensus statements combine an increase in blood pressure upon standing with standing hypertension, but whether these 2 components have similar risk associations with cardiovascular disease (CVD) is unknown.

Methods: The ARIC study (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) measured supine and standing blood pressure during visit 1 (1987-1989).

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The consequences of SARS-CoV-2 within-host persistence.

Nat Rev Microbiol

November 2024

KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation & Sequencing Platform, School of Laboratory Medicine & Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

SARS-CoV-2 causes an acute respiratory tract infection that resolves in most people in less than a month. Yet some people with severely weakened immune systems fail to clear the virus, leading to persistent infections with high viral titres in the respiratory tract. In a subset of cases, persistent SARS-CoV-2 replication results in an accelerated accumulation of adaptive mutations that confer escape from neutralizing antibodies and enhance cellular infection.

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Purpose: To investigate the effects of arthroscopy surgery on ankylosis and synovitis after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), with patient satisfaction as the main outcome measure.

Methods: A single surgeon's database was queried for all knee arthroscopy procedures done from 2002 to 2024 using the , and , codes for ankylosis or synovitis and Current Procedural Terminology codes 29884 and 29876. Patients were excluded if they did not have a previous TKA, had a TKA but arthroscopy was done for multiple or other indications, were <2 months from TKA, lacked medical records, or were worker's compensation cases.

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Adverse events (AEs) experienced by children and adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) on ventricular assist devices (VADs) are sometimes unique to these populations. The Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION) and the Academic Research Consortium (ARC) aimed to harmonize definitions of pediatric and CHD AEs for use in clinical trials, registries, and regulatory evaluation. Data from the ACTION registry and adjudication committee were used to adapt general mechanical circulatory support ARC definitions.

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Background: Canada has one of the highest incidences of colorectal cancer (CRC) worldwide. CRC screening improves CRC outcomes and is cost-effective. This study compares Canadian CRC screening programs using essential elements of an organized screening program outlined by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

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Despite ample evidence linking social determinants of health (SDoH) and hypertension outcomes, efforts to address SDoH in the context of hypertension prevention and self-management are not commensurate with the burden and impact of hypertension. To provide valuable insights into the development of targeted and effective strategies for preventing and managing hypertension, this systematic review, guided by the Healthy People 2030 SDoH framework, aims to summarize the inclusion, measurement, and evaluation of SDoH in studies examining hypertension outcomes, with a focus on characterizing SDoH constructs and summarizing the current evidence of their influence on hypertension outcomes. Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines, a comprehensive search of electronic databases identified 10 608 unique records, from which 57 articles meeting inclusion criteria were analyzed.

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Predicting distant recurrence of endometrial cancer (EC) is crucial for personalized adjuvant treatment. The current gold standard of combined pathological and molecular profiling is costly, hampering implementation. Here we developed HECTOR (histopathology-based endometrial cancer tailored outcome risk), a multimodal deep learning prognostic model using hematoxylin and eosin-stained, whole-slide images and tumor stage as input, on 2,072 patients from eight EC cohorts including the PORTEC-1/-2/-3 randomized trials.

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Mouse neural tube organoids self-organize floorplate through BMP-mediated cluster competition.

Dev Cell

August 2024

Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna BioCenter (VBC), Campus-Vienna-Biocenter 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria. Electronic address:

During neural tube (NT) development, the notochord induces an organizer, the floorplate, which secretes Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) to pattern neural progenitors. Conversely, NT organoids (NTOs) from embryonic stem cells (ESCs) spontaneously form floorplates without the notochord, demonstrating that stem cells can self-organize without embryonic inducers. Here, we investigated floorplate self-organization in clonal mouse NTOs.

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Background: Whether individuals with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) had an increased risk of hypertension remains unclear. We conducted a systematic literature review and meta-analysis to examine the association between GDM and hypertension and performed a quantitative bias analysis to quantify the impact of uncontrolled confounding due to antenatal psychological stress.

Methods: We searched databases (PUBMED, EMBASE, and Web of Science) through 2022/11.

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Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of a robotically aligned optical coherence tomography (RAOCT) system coupled with a deep learning model in detecting referable posterior segment pathology in OCT images of emergency department patients.

Methods: A deep learning model, RobOCTNet, was trained and internally tested to classify OCT images as referable versus non-referable for ophthalmology consultation. For external testing, emergency department patients with signs or symptoms warranting evaluation of the posterior segment were imaged with RAOCT.

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Disruption of the intestinal microbiome is observed with acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) of the lower gastrointestinal (LGI) tract, and fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has successfully cured steroid-refractory cases. In this open-label, single-arm, pilot study, third-party, single-donor FMT was administered in combination with systemic corticosteroids to participants with high-risk acute LGI GVHD, with a focus on treatment-naïve cases. Participants were scheduled to receive 1 induction dose (15 capsules per day for 2 consecutive days), followed by 3 weekly maintenance doses, consisting of 15 capsules per dose.

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The development of novel antimicrobial technologies for the food industry represents an important strategy to improve food safety. Antimicrobial photodynamic disinfection (aPDD) is a method that can inactivate microbes without the use of harsh chemicals. aPDD involves the administration of a non-toxic, light-sensitive substance, known as a photosensitizer, followed by exposure to visible light at a specific wavelength.

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Background: Despite advancements in the successful use of immunotherapy in treating a variety of solid tumors, applications in treating brain tumors have lagged considerably. This is due, at least in part, to the lack of well-characterized antigens expressed within brain tumors that can mediate tumor rejection; the low mutational burden of these tumors that limits the abundance of targetable neoantigens; and the immunologically "cold" tumor microenvironment that hampers the generation of sustained and productive immunologic responses. The field of mRNA-based therapeutics has experienced a boon following the universal approval of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.

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Migraine-Related Stigma and Its Relationship to Disability, Interictal Burden, and Quality of Life: Results of the OVERCOME (US) Study.

Neurology

February 2024

From the Larner College of Medicine (R.E.S.), University of Vermont, Burlington; Eli Lilly and Company (R.A.N., A.J.Z., E.J.M., E.M.P.), Indianapolis, IN; Yeshiva University (E.K.S.), New York, NY; Albert Einstein College of Medicine (D.C.B., R.B.L.), Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY; Vedanta Research (M.L.R.), Chapel Hill, NC; Harvard Medical School (S.A.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; and Orange County Migraine and Headache Center (S.H.), Irvine, CA.

Background And Objectives: This population-based analysis characterizes the relative frequency of migraine-related stigma and its cross-sectional relationship to migraine outcomes. We hypothesized that migraine-related stigma would be inversely associated with favorable migraine outcomes across headache day categories.

Methods: OVERCOME (US) is a web-based observational study that annually recruited a demographically representative US sample and then identified people with active migraine using a validated migraine diagnostic questionnaire.

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Breaking the mold with RNA-a "RNAissance" of life science.

NPJ Genom Med

January 2024

Pfizer, 66 Hudson Boulevard, New York, NY, 10018, USA.

In the past decade, RNA therapeutics have gone from being a promising concept to one of the most exciting frontiers in healthcare and pharmaceuticals. The field is now entering what many call a renaissance or "RNAissance" which is being fueled by advances in genetic engineering and delivery systems to take on more ambitious development efforts. However, this renaissance is occurring at an unprecedented pace, which will require a different way of thinking if the field is to live up to its full potential.

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Machine learning-driven identification of the gene-expression signature associated with a persistent multiple organ dysfunction trajectory in critical illness.

EBioMedicine

January 2024

Department of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, 30322, GA, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30322, GA, United States.

Background: Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) disproportionately drives morbidity and mortality among critically ill patients. However, we lack a comprehensive understanding of its pathobiology. Identification of genes associated with a persistent MODS trajectory may shed light on underlying biology and allow for accurate prediction of those at-risk.

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Evaluating Drug-Drug Interaction Risk Associated with Peptide Analogs Using advanced In Vitro Systems.

Drug Metab Dispos

October 2024

Development ADME, Novo Nordisk A/S, Måløv, Denmark (R.A.N., D.K.B., C.G.-J., C.S.); Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacy, and Environmental Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (E.J., T.B.S.); Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark (T.B.S.); and Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom (A.G.)

Drug-drug interaction (DDI) assessment of therapeutic peptides is an evolving area. The industry generally follows DDI guidelines for small molecules, but the translation of data generated with commonly used in vitro systems to in vivo is sparse. In the current study, we investigated the ability of advanced human hepatocyte in vitro systems, namely HepatoPac, spheroids, and Liver-on-a-chip, to assess potential changes in regulation of CYP1A2, CYP2B6, CYP3A4, and in the presence of selected therapeutic peptides, proteins, and small molecules.

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Article Synopsis
  • - Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare condition that causes painful heterotopic ossification in connective tissues, leading to disability.
  • - In the LUMINA-1 phase 2 trial, adults with FOP were given either garetosmab (an activin A-blocking antibody) or a placebo over two 28-week periods, focusing on safety and effects on HO lesions.
  • - Although the primary efficacy endpoint was not met in the first period, garetosmab significantly reduced the development of new HO lesions in the second period compared to placebo, with ongoing investigations into its effectiveness.
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TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1) is a key signalling component in the production of type-I interferons, which have essential antiviral activities, including against SARS-CoV-2. TBK1, and its homologue IκB kinase-ε (IKKε), can also induce pro-inflammatory responses that contribute to pathogen clearance. While initially protective, sustained engagement of type-I interferons is associated with damaging hyper-inflammation found in severe COVID-19 patients.

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