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Not reimbursing islet transplantation creates discrimination against patients with type 1 diabetes [PDF]
In this commentary reviewing the activity of the University of Geneva islet transplantation program, the author argues that health care coverage of the procedure will stop discrimination against a subset of patients with type 1 diabetes in need of beta ...
T. Berney
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SARS-CoV-2 infects host cells by interacting its spike protein with surface angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors, expressed in lung and other cell types.
Alonso Vivar-Sierra+7 more
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Napoleon's theorem in elementary geometry describes how certain linear operations on plane polygons of arbitrary shape always produce regular polygons. More generally, certain triangulations of a polygon that tiles R^2 admit deformations which keep fixed the symmetry group of the tiling.
Danny Calegari, Danny Calegari
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Gut microbiota Turicibacter strains differentially modify bile acids and host lipids
Bacteria from the Turicibacter genus are prominent members of the mammalian gut microbiota and correlate with alterations in dietary fat and body weight, but the specific connections between these symbionts and host physiology are poorly understood.
Jonathan B. Lynch+9 more
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Serializable Snapshot Isolation in PostgreSQL [PDF]
This paper describes our experience implementing PostgreSQL's new serializable isolation level. It is based on the recently-developed Serializable Snapshot Isolation (SSI) technique.
Grittner, Kevin, Ports, Dan R. K.
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The origins of postmating reproductive isolation: testing hypotheses in the grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus [PDF]
Although there are several well-established hypotheses for the origins of postmating isolation during allopatric divergence, there have been very few attempts, to determine their relative importance in nature.
Butlin, R.K.+2 more
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Insulin-producing organoids engineered from islet and amniotic epithelial cells to treat diabetes
Islet transplantation is a feasible approach to treat type I diabetes, however inflammation and poor vascularisation impair long-term engraftment. Here the authors show that incorporating human amniotic epithelial cells into islet organoids improves ...
Fanny Lebreton+13 more
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Metabolic syndrome is a set of risk factors that consist of abdominal obesity, arterial hypertension, alterations in the lipid profile, and hyperglycemia.
Edwin Chávez-Gutiérrez+13 more
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