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Released: 28-Feb-2022 6:00 AM EST
Reversing type 1 diabetes with stem cell–derived islets: a step closer to the dream?
Journal of Clinical Investigation

… Stem cell–derived insulin-producing cells can theoretically be generated in endless quantities… stem cell–based therapies for type 1 diabetes. The approaches are very different. Vertex embarked on a phase I/II clinical trial in March 2021 in …

Released: 28-Feb-2022 6:00 AM EST
Cerebral Protection in TAVR—Can We Do Without? A Real-World All-Comer Intention-to-Treat Study—Impact on Stroke Rate, Length of Hospital Stay, and Twelve-Month Mortality
Journal of Personalized Medicine

… Background: Stroke associated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is a potentially devastating complication. Until recently, … of TAVR-related stroke. However, its effectiveness is still undetermined. Objectives: To explore the impact of …

Released: 28-Feb-2022 3:30 AM EST
Monitoring COVID-19 on Social Media: Development of an End-to-End Natural Language Processing Pipeline Using a Novel Triage and Diagnosis Approach
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has created a pressing need for integrating information from disparate sources in order to assist decision makers. Social media is important in this respect; however, to make sense of the textual inf...

Released: 25-Feb-2022 8:00 AM EST
The role of TAVR in patients with heart failure: do we have the responses to all questions?
Heart Failure Reviews

… A meta-analysis including 7673 patients undergone to TAVR demonstrated that low stroke-volume index, a parameter of transaortic flow, was related with an increased mortality compared with patients with normal stroke volume index [36] …

Released: 25-Feb-2022 4:00 AM EST
Age- and Sex-Specific Differences in Multimorbidity Patterns and Temporal Trends on Assessing Hospital Discharge Records in Southwest China: Network-Based Study
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: Multimorbidity represents a global health challenge, which requires a more global understanding of multimorbidity patterns and trends. However, the majority of studies completed to date have often relied on self-reported ...

Released: 25-Feb-2022 3:15 AM EST
The 3-Month Effectiveness of a Stratified Blended Physiotherapy Intervention in Patients With Nonspecific Low Back Pain: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: Patient education, home-based exercise therapy, and advice on returning to normal activities are established physiotherapeutic treatment options for patients with nonspecific low back pain (LBP). However, the effectivenes...

Released: 24-Feb-2022 1:35 PM EST
Researchers predict population trends of birds worldwide
Wiley

In a study published in Ibis, investigators combined the power of big data and machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence, to predict population declines for bird species with unknown population trends and used correlation analyses to identify predictors of bird population declines worldwide.

Released: 24-Feb-2022 7:00 AM EST
The role of TAVR in patients with heart failure: do we have the responses to all questions?
Heart Failure Reviews

… A meta-analysis including 7673 patients undergone to TAVR demonstrated that low stroke-volume index, a parameter of transaortic flow, was related with an increased mortality compared with patients with normal stroke volume index [36] …

Released: 24-Feb-2022 3:30 AM EST
Novel Interactive Tool for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk Assessment (Bright Pink Assess Your Risk): Development and Usability Study
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: The lifetime risk of breast and ovarian cancer is significantly higher among women with genetic susceptibility or a strong family history. However, current risk assessment tools and clinical practices may identify only 10...

Released: 24-Feb-2022 3:15 AM EST
Digitally Supported Lifestyle Intervention to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes Through Healthy Habits: Secondary Analysis of Long-Term User Engagement Trajectories in a Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: Digital health interventions may offer a scalable way to prevent type 2 diabetes (T2D) with minimal burden on health care systems by providing early support for healthy behaviors among adults at increased risk for T2D. Ho...

Released: 23-Feb-2022 6:55 AM EST
Baseline PA/BSA ratio in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement – A novel CT-based marker for the prediction of pulmonary hypertension and outcome
International Journal of Cardiology

… As compared to patients with a large PA/BSA, the occurrence of a stroke at 30 days was higher in patients with a small PA/BSA in the present cohort. The risk for stroke after TAVR is likely to be multifactorial [33]. Seppelt et al. reported that balloon-expandable …

Released: 23-Feb-2022 4:00 AM EST
Digital Health Technologies to Improve Medication Adherence and Treatment Outcomes in Patients With Tuberculosis: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: Nonadherence to medication in tuberculosis (TB) hampers optimal treatment outcomes. Digital health technology (DHT) seems to be a promising approach to managing problems of nonadherence to medication and improving treatme...

Released: 23-Feb-2022 4:00 AM EST
Computerized Clinical Decision Support Systems for the Early Detection of Sepsis Among Adult Inpatients: Scoping Review
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: Sepsis is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Early detection of sepsis followed promptly by treatment initiation improves patient outcomes and saves lives. Hospitals are increasingly using computeri...

Released: 23-Feb-2022 3:30 AM EST
Digitalized Cognitive Behavioral Interventions for Depressive Symptoms During Pregnancy: Systematic Review
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: Studies have shown a high prevalence of depression during pregnancy, and there is also evidence that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is one of the most effective psychosocial interventions. Emerging evidence from rando...

Released: 22-Feb-2022 5:00 AM EST
CPEB1 directs muscle stem cell activation by reprogramming the translational landscape
Nature Communications

… through the regulation of p27Kip1 mRNA translation and modulates glioma stem cell differentiation via regulating Hes1 and Sirt1 translation 36,… may be a potential Aurka downstream target, regulating SC function with regards to stem cell self-renewal …

Released: 22-Feb-2022 5:00 AM EST
Baseline PA/BSA ratio in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement – A novel CT-based marker for the prediction of pulmonary hypertension and outcome
International Journal of Cardiology

… As compared to patients with a large PA/BSA, the occurrence of a stroke at 30 days was higher in patients with a small PA/BSA in the present cohort. The risk for stroke after TAVR is likely to be multifactorial [33]. Seppelt et al. reported that balloon-expandable …

Released: 22-Feb-2022 3:45 AM EST
Digital Health Paradox: International Policy Perspectives to Address Increased Health Inequalities for People Living With Disabilities
Journal of Medical Internet Research

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the uptake of digital health worldwide and highlighted many benefits of these innovations. However, it also stressed the magnitude of inequalities regarding accessing digital health. Using a scoping review, this arti...

Released: 22-Feb-2022 3:30 AM EST
Big Data Health Care Innovations: Performance Dashboarding as a Process of Collective Sensemaking
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Big data is poised to revolutionize health care, and performance dashboards can be an important tool to manage big data innovations. Dashboards show the progress being made and provide critical management information about effectiveness and efficienc...

Released: 22-Feb-2022 3:15 AM EST
The Impact of COVID-19 Confinement on Cognition and Mental Health and Technology Use Among Socially Vulnerable Older People: Retrospective Cohort Study
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: COVID-19 forced the implementation of restrictive measures in Spain, such as lockdown, home confinement, social distancing, and isolation. It is necessary to study whether limited access to basic services and decreased fa...

Released: 21-Feb-2022 7:00 AM EST
Autologous NK cells as consolidation therapy following stem cell transplantation in multiple myeloma
Cell Reports

Few approaches have been made toward exploring autologous NK cells in settings of cancer immunotherapy. Here, we demonstrate the feasibility of infusing multiple doses of ex vivo activated and expanded autologous NK cells in patients with …

Released: 21-Feb-2022 7:00 AM EST
Baseline PA/BSA ratio in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement – A novel CT-based marker for the prediction of pulmonary hypertension and outcome
International Journal of Cardiology

… As compared to patients with a large PA/BSA, the occurrence of a stroke at 30 days was higher in patients with a small PA/BSA in the present cohort. The risk for stroke after TAVR is likely to be multifactorial [33]. Seppelt et al. reported that balloon-expandable …

Released: 21-Feb-2022 3:45 AM EST
Effectiveness of Digital Forced-Choice Nudges for Voluntary Data Donation by Health Self-trackers in Germany: Web-Based Experiment
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: Health self-tracking is an evidence-based approach to optimize health and well-being for personal self-improvement through lifestyle changes. At the same time, user-generated health-related data can be of particular value...

Released: 21-Feb-2022 3:45 AM EST
Using Social Media to Engage Knowledge Users in Health Research Priority Setting: Scoping Review
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: The need to include individuals with lived experience (ie, patients, family members, caregivers, researchers, and clinicians) in health research priority setting is becoming increasingly recognized. Social media–based m...

Released: 18-Feb-2022 4:00 AM EST
Interactive Visualization Applications in Population Health and Health Services Research: Systematic Scoping Review
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Background: Simple visualizations in health research data, such as scatter plots, heat maps, and bar charts, typically present relationships between 2 variables. Interactive visualization methods allow for multiple related facets suc...

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Released: 17-Feb-2022 7:05 AM EST
Scientists put wind turbine design to the test in world’s largest indoor ice tank
Aalto University

An international team from Aalto University, Delft University of Technology, and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy is working to find out just what happens when 200-metre tall wind turbines meet seriously frosty conditions, like those seen in Northern Europe’s Baltic Sea, North America’s Great Lakes or China’s Bohai Bay.

Released: 17-Feb-2022 6:00 AM EST
Implication of Different ECG Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Journal of the American Heart Association

… The presence of atrial fibrillation was also included as a risk factor for stroke after TAVR. In these models, ECG LVH by 3 different criteria … patients with severe AS undergoing TAVR to evaluate the association between clinical outcomes after TAVR …

Released: 16-Feb-2022 8:00 AM EST
Reversing type 1 diabetes with stem cell–derived islets: a step closer to the dream?
Journal of Clinical Investigation

… Stem cell–derived insulin-producing cells can theoretically be generated in endless quantities… stem cell–based therapies for type 1 diabetes. The approaches are very different. Vertex embarked on a phase I/II clinical trial in March 2021 in …

Released: 16-Feb-2022 8:00 AM EST
Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulant and Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights From the STS/ACC TVT Registry
Journal of the American Heart Association

… and use of OAC in patients with TAVR and AF, we excluded all patients with a prior mechanical valve, prior stroke within 1 year, in‐… In an analysis from a large clinical data registry of US patients with AF undergoing TAVR, we found that the 1‐year …

Released: 15-Feb-2022 9:35 AM EST
Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulant and Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights From the STS/ACC TVT Registry
Journal of the American Heart Association

… and use of OAC in patients with TAVR and AF, we excluded all patients with a prior mechanical valve, prior stroke within 1 year, in‐… In an analysis from a large clinical data registry of US patients with AF undergoing TAVR, we found that the 1‐year …

Released: 15-Feb-2022 9:00 AM EST
Muscle stem cell adaptations to cellular and environmental stress
Skeletal Muscle

… For example, muscle stem cell quiescence is mediated in part by the eIF2α arm of the integrated … stem cell fitness, to safeguard the lifelong regeneration of the muscle. Fit muscle stem cells that maintain robust stress responses are permitted to …

Released: 15-Feb-2022 9:00 AM EST
Reversing type 1 diabetes with stem cell–derived islets: a step closer to the dream?
Journal of Clinical Investigation

… Stem cell–derived insulin-producing cells can theoretically be generated in endless quantities… stem cell–based therapies for type 1 diabetes. The approaches are very different. Vertex embarked on a phase I/II clinical trial in March 2021 in …

Released: 14-Feb-2022 8:00 AM EST
The role of TAVR in patients with heart failure: do we have the responses to all questions?
Heart Failure Reviews

… A meta-analysis including 7673 patients undergone to TAVR demonstrated that low stroke-volume index, a parameter of transaortic flow, was related with an increased mortality compared with patients with normal stroke volume index [36] …

Released: 14-Feb-2022 8:00 AM EST
Chloride intracellular channel 1 activity is not required for glioblastoma development but its inhibition dictates glioma stem cell responsivity to novel biguanide derivatives
Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research

Chloride intracellular channel-1 (CLIC1) activity controls glioblastoma proliferation. Metformin exerts antitumor effects in glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs) inhibiting CLIC1 activity, but its low potency hampers its translation in clinical settings. We …

Released: 14-Feb-2022 8:00 AM EST
Enhanced germline stem cell longevity in Drosophila diapause
Nature Communications

… We were surprised to find that GSCs are not maintained in a stem cell state during diapause, even though ovaries can rebound post-diapause to youthful stem cell numbers, proliferation, and ovary size. This remarkable recovery potential appears …

Released: 14-Feb-2022 8:00 AM EST
In situ monitoring reveals cellular environmental instabilities in human pluripotent stem cell culture
Communications Biology

… Although our study is the only assessment of a stem cell line culture (H1 hESC), the relationship between changes in pH and dO 2 was … These data further indicate that although the H1 hESC line, and potentially also other stem cell types, can …

Released: 14-Feb-2022 8:00 AM EST
Ion channels in stem cells and their roles in stem cell biology and vascular diseases
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

… In recent years, significant progress has been made in stem cell research, especially in the mechanism of stem cell activation, homing and … of stem cell ion channels. In this review, we reviewed the main ion channels found on stem cells …

Released: 14-Feb-2022 8:00 AM EST
Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulant and Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights From the STS/ACC TVT Registry
Journal of the American Heart Association

… and use of OAC in patients with TAVR and AF, we excluded all patients with a prior mechanical valve, prior stroke within 1 year, in‐… In an analysis from a large clinical data registry of US patients with AF undergoing TAVR, we found that the 1‐year …

Released: 14-Feb-2022 8:00 AM EST
The MuvB complex safeguards embryonic stem cell identity through regulation of the cell cycle machinery
Journal of Biological Chemistry

Increasing evidences indicate that unlimited capacity for self-renewal and pluripotency, two unique properties of embryonic stem cells (ESCs), are intrinsically linked to cell cycle control. However, the precise mechanisms coordinating cell fate …

Released: 10-Feb-2022 12:00 PM EST
Biomass Microcapsules with Stem Cell Encapsulation for Bone Repair
Nano-Micro Letters

… stem cell therapy has become a promising clinical approach [8], direct injection of stem cells into the target tissues will possibly result in decreasing cell viability, retention, and engraftment, which have largely limited the practical application of …

Released: 10-Feb-2022 12:00 PM EST
Reversing type 1 diabetes with stem cell–derived islets: a step closer to the dream?
Journal of Clinical Investigation

… Stem cell–derived insulin-producing cells can theoretically be generated in endless quantities… stem cell–based therapies for type 1 diabetes. The approaches are very different. Vertex embarked on a phase I/II clinical trial in March 2021 in …

Released: 10-Feb-2022 12:00 PM EST
Dynamic ligand screening by magnetic nanoassembly modulates stem cell differentiation
Advanced Materials

In native microenvironment, diverse physical barriers exist to dynamically modulate stem cell recruitment and differentiation for tissue repair. In this study, nanoassembly‐based magnetic screens of various sizes are utilized, and they are elastically tethered over …



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