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Developments in medical humanities in Sri Lanka: A call for regional and global action
The Asia Pacific Scholar, 2023 Introduction: Medical Humanities is the interface of health sciences and humanities and an emerging field of interest. Several papers have outlined the status of this field in the Asian region where a diversity of teaching and learning approaches have ...
Saroj Jayasinghe, Santhushya Fernando
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Conceptions of medical humanities [PDF]
Medical Humanities, 2000 In the first issue of Medical Humanities we raised the question of the relationship between medical ethics (or bioethics) and medical humanities, and this question is presently receiving considerable attention. Last September it occupied two important meetings, one being a workshop at the International Association of Bioethics World Congress in London,
Martyn Evans, David Greaves
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Humanities in Medical Education: Definition, Benefits and Application
Journal of Medical Education and Development, 2022 The Medical Humanities provide an interdisciplinary approach to investigating the profound effects of illness on individuals and the social worlds in which they live and work.
Mahla Salajegheh
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Insights into PI3K/AKT signaling in B cell development and chronic lymphocytic leukemia
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.This Review explores how the phosphoinositide 3‐kinase and protein kinase B pathway shapes B cell development and drives chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a common blood cancer. It examines how signaling levels affect disease progression, addresses treatment challenges, and introduces novel experimental strategies to improve therapies and patient outcomes.
Maike Buchner
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Four semesters of medical humanities at the Xavier University School of Medicine, Aruba
Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2014 Introduction: Medical humanities is using subjects traditionally known as the humanities for specific purposes in medical education. Methods: In this report the author shares his experience of facilitating a module for four semesters at the Xavier ...
P. R. Shankar
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.In lymphoid organs, antigen recognition and B cell receptor signaling rely on integrins and the cytoskeleton. Integrins act as mechanoreceptors, couple B cell receptor activation to cytoskeletal remodeling, and support immune synapse formation as well as antigen extraction.
Abhishek Pethe, Tanja Nicole Hartmann
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Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsMedical humanities have demonstrated their significance in medical education and practice, significantly enriching the understanding of health care professions through profound explorations of life, illness, and the doctor–patient relationship.
Chen Wang +6 more
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Exploring the medical humanities
BMJ, 1999 > When we read alone and for pleasure, our defences are down—and we hide nothing from the great characters of fiction. In our consulting rooms, and on the ward, we so often do our best to hide everything, beneath the white coat, or the avuncular bedside manner.
Martyn Evans, David Greaves
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Evolutionary interplay between viruses and R‐loops
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Viruses interact with specialized nucleic acid structures called R‐loops to influence host transcription, epigenetic states, latency, and immune evasion. This Perspective examines the roles of R‐loops in viral replication, integration, and silencing, and how viruses co‐opt or avoid these structures.
Zsolt Karányi +4 more
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Circulating histones as clinical biomarkers in critically ill conditions
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Circulating histones are emerging as promising biomarkers in critical illness due to their diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic potential. Detection methods such as ELISA and mass spectrometry provide reliable approaches for quantifying histone levels in plasma samples.
José Luis García‐Gimenez +17 more
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