Recap: COVID-19 for Gastroenterologists
COVID-19 can include GI symptoms such as diarrhea; gastrointestinal tract is potential route of infection
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Pancreatitis
Antibiotic treatment for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in people with cystic fibrosis.
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is one of the most common emerging multi-drug resistant organisms found in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis and its prevalence is increasing. Chronic infection with Stenotrophomonas...
Read MoreDesign and testing of a centrifugal fluidic device for populating microarrays of spheroid cancer cell cultures.
In current cancer spheroid culturing methods, the transfer and histological processing of specimens grown in 96-well plates is a time consuming process. A centrifugal fluidic device was developed and tested for rapid extraction...
Read MoreComparison of Different Scoring Systems in Predicting the Severity of Acute Pancreatitis: A Prospective Observational Study.
Background Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory condition of the pancreas mostly due to alcohol or gallstones. Various scoring systems were involved in identifying the severity of the disease. The standard single score to...
Read MoreLong-standing Sporadic Pancreatic Insulinoma: Report of a Rare Case.
Insulinomas are rare, functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors arising from the pancreatic multipotent stem cells or neuroendocrine islet, occurring with a higher proportion in females. Majority of insulinomas have a sporadic...
Read MoreControlled drug release from polyelectrolyte-drug conjugate nanoparticles.
Encapsulating drugs in functional nanoparticles provides controlled and targeted release of drugs. In this study, a general approach for encapsulating hydrophobic drugs in polyelectrolyte nanoparticles was developed for a...
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Barbecue grill brush bristles found in odd places
With spring almost here, it’s time to start barbecuing again. It may be one of our few diversions...
Read MoreThe Cross-Talk Between Gut Microbiota and Lungs in Common Lung Diseases.
Emerging findings indicate there is a vital cross-talk between gut microbiota and the lungs, which is known as gut-lung axis. The gut disturbances in lung diseases including allergy, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary...
Read MoreThe dual phosphodiesterase 3/4 inhibitor RPL554 stimulates rare class III and IV CFTR mutants.
Over 2,000 mutations have been reported in the gene, many of which cause disease but are rare and have no effective treatment. Thus, there is an unmet need for new, mutation-agnostic, therapies for cystic fibrosis (CF)....
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