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A Framework to Study the Emergence of Non-Communicable Diseases
Procedia Computer Science, 2017 Objective: To design a framework for creating computational models that support the understanding of emergent mechanisms for non-communicable diseases.Scope: The national and global burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) represent a major public health challenge that undermines the social and economic development in countries with limited resources.
Orlando Simpson, Sergio G. Camorlinga
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Development of therapies targeting cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs) necessitates preclinical model systems that faithfully represent CAF–tumor biology. We established an in vitro coculture system of patient‐derived pancreatic CAFs and tumor cell lines and demonstrated its recapitulation of primary CAF–tumor biology with single‐cell transcriptomics ...
Elysia Saputra +10 more
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2022 Introduction Infection prevention and control (IPC) in healthcare settings is imperative for the safety of patients as well as healthcare providers.
Md. Golam Dostogir Harun +10 more
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Growing Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Emerging Health Markets: The Case of BRICS [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2015 The blooming of incidence and prevalence of “prosperity diseases” among the broad layers of modern day populations is rather novel phenomenon in demographic history of the human race (1). Illnesses such as obesity (2), diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cerebrovascular and cardiovascular consequences of atherosclerosis, renal insufficiency, mental ...
Jakovljevic, Mihajlo B. +1 more
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Strength through diversity: how cancers thrive when clones cooperate
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.Intratumor heterogeneity can offer direct benefits to the tumor through cooperation between different clones. In this review, Kuiken et al. discuss existing evidence for clonal cooperativity to identify overarching principles, and highlight how novel technological developments could address remaining open questions.
Marije C. Kuiken +3 more
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Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017 No abstract available.
Jacqueline Weyer, Misheck Mulumba
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Gnathostomiasis Acquired by Visitors to the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2020 Gnathostomiasis is a zoonotic nematode parasite disease, most commonly acquired by eating raw or undercooked fish. Although the disease is well known in parts of Asia and Central and South America, relatively few cases have been reported from Africa. Raw
John Frean
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Potential therapeutic targeting of BKCa channels in glioblastoma treatment
Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.This review summarizes current insights into the role of BKCa and mitoBKCa channels in glioblastoma biology, their potential classification as oncochannels, and the emerging pharmacological strategies targeting these channels, emphasizing the translational challenges in developing BKCa‐directed therapies for glioblastoma treatment.
Kamila Maliszewska‐Olejniczak +4 more
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Reviewing disease burden among rural Indian women [PDF]
, 2004 The disease burden of rural Indian women is reviewed by utilizing the data from the 'Survey of Causes of Death (rural)' annual reports of Registrar General of India supplemented with National family health survey (NFHS-II).
Agnihotram V, Dr. Ramanakumar
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Processed foods and the nutrition transition: evidence from Asia [PDF]
, 2014 This paper elucidates the role of processed foods and beverages in the ‘nutrition transition’ underway in Asia. Processed foods tend to be high in nutrients associated with obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases: refined sugar, salt ...
Baker, Phillip, Friel, Sharon
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