(Courtesy of Pixabay) WILLIAMSBURG — The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on Tuesday, Oct. 10 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Jamestown Settlement. According to the American Red Cross, someone in the United States needs blood every two seconds, and volunteer blood donors are needed to […]
Overview The Infection prevention and control in the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a living guideline consolidates technical guidance developed and published during the COVID-19 pandemic into evidence-informed recommendations for infection prevention and control (IPC). This living guideline is available both online and PDF. This version of the living guideline (version 6.0) includes fifteen statements on IPC measures in health-care settings (screening […]
Abstract Antiviral signalling, which can be activated in host cells upon virus infection, restricts virus replication and communicates infection status to neighbouring cells. The antiviral response is heterogeneous, both quantitatively (efficiency of response activation) and qualitatively (transcribed antiviral gene set). To investigate the basis of this heterogeneity, we combined Virus Infection Real-time IMaging (VIRIM), a […]
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Aeromonas hydrophila risk factors, clinical disease, and factors associated with mortality were studied in a large hospital in Saudi Arabia. This is the first study from this region about this particular species. The Pitt bacteremia score, Charlson weighted comorbidity index, INR, and the number of comorbidity factors were all found to be associated with 30-day […]
Pune, India, Oct. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Newborn screening involves testing a newborn for serious medical conditions and certain harmful or potentially fatal disorders that are not apparent at birth. These testing programs include blood tests, hearing screening, and pulse oximetry. Detecting these conditions in the early phases of infants’ lives allows health professionals […]
Abstract Proton therapy is of great interest to pediatric cancer patients because of its optimal depth dose distribution. In view of healthy tissue damage and the increased risk of secondary cancers, we investigated DNA damage induction and repair of radiosensitive hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) exposed to therapeutic proton and photon irradiation due to […]
Bray F, Ren JS, Masuyer E, Ferlay J. Global estimates of cancer prevalence for 27 sites in the adult population in 2008. Int J Cancer. 2013;132(5):1133–45. CAS PubMed Google Scholar Van Leersum N, Janssen-Heijnen M, Wouters M, Rutten H, Coebergh JW, Tollenaar R, Lemmens V. Increasing prevalence of comorbidity in patients with colorectal cancer in […]
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