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La marchandisation du corps à l’épreuve des biobanques
The article views biobanking in France as one way of apprehending the commodification of the human body. It applies a Marxist understanding of commodities to analyse what happens to biological samples once they have been treated by biobanks.
Fabrice Colomb
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Frailty Exacerbates Disability in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
ABSTRACT Background To evaluate frailty in severe progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) and to investigate the underlying mechanisms. Methods This prospective, cross‐sectional, multicenter study enrolled a late severe PMS group requiring skilled nursing (n = 53) and an age, sex, and disease duration‐matched control PMS group (n = 53).
Taylor R. Wicks +10 more
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Objective. To evaluate exosomes obtained from patients with ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas as carriers of CRISPR/Cas9 complexes for targeted editing of KRAS^G12D in pancreatic cancer and to test their stability, editing efficiency, and ...
S. M. Gramatyuk +5 more
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The case for launch of an international DNA-based birth cohort study [PDF]
The global health agenda beyond 2015 will inevitably need to broaden its focus from mortality reduction to the social determinants of deaths, growing inequities among children and mothers, and ensuring the sustainability of the progress made against the ...
Aulchenko, Yurii +19 more
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Harmonising and linking biomedical and clinical data across disparate data archives to enable integrative cross-biobank research [PDF]
A wealth of biospecimen samples are stored in modern globally distributed biobanks. Biomedical researchers worldwide need to be able to combine the available resources to improve the power of large-scale studies.
Boomsma, D.I. (Dorret) +35 more
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ABSTRACT Objective Plasma fibrinogen is essential in thrombosis and fibrinolysis, yet its dynamic changes pre‐ and post‐intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) for predicting brain injury severity and prognosis in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients remain unclear.
Wenhai Zhai +28 more
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The McCance Brain Care Score and Mortality: Evidence From a Large‐Scale Population‐Based Cohort
ABSTRACT Objectives This study aimed to examine the relationship between the McCance Brain Care Score (BCS) and mortality in the general population. Methods We conducted a prospective, population‐based cohort study using data from the UK Biobank. Participants with complete data enabling calculation of BCS and full mortality information were included ...
Zhiqiang Xu, Xiaoxiao Wang, Nan Li
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The Significance of Biobanking in the Sustainability of Biomedical Research: A Review
Biobank, defined as a functional unit for facilitating and improving research by storing biospecimen and their accompanying data, is a key resource for advancement in life science.
Mahshid Zohouri, Abbas Ghaderi
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Biobanks have added complexity to the idea of informed consent, which is an important ethical component in research involving human subjects. The idea behind informed consent is that each potential participant needs to voluntarily determine whether or ...
Gabriella Foe
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Post‐COVID Fatigue Is Associated With Reduced Cortical Thickness After Hospitalization
ABSTRACT Objective Neuropsychiatric symptoms are among the most prevalent sequelae of COVID‐19, particularly among hospitalized patients. Recent research has identified volumetric brain changes associated with COVID‐19. However, it currently remains poorly understood how brain changes relate to post‐COVID fatigue and cognitive deficits.
Tim J. Hartung +190 more
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