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Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committees

, 1992
Like many other agencies of the federal government, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) relies extensively on external advisory committees for independent scientific and technical advice.
R. Rettig, L. E. Earley, R. Merrill
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Gut microbiota alterations in patients with non‐small‐cell lung cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We investigated the impact of concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CRT) on the gut microbiota in patients with locally advanced non‐small‐cell lung cancer. Overall gut microbiota composition remained largely stable throughout CRT while antibiotic exposure may influence microbial diversity.
Hanne Marte Nymoen, Zhi Zhao, Henrik Horndalsveen, Maria Moksnes Bjaanæs, Bjørn Henning Grønberg, Tarje Halvorsen, Tesfaye Madebo, Marianne Aanerud, Jussi Koivunen, Kersti Oselin, Saulius Cicenas, Nina Helbekkmo, Jarkko Ahvonen, Maria Silvoniemi, Tine Norman Alver, Tonje Dalen, Åsa Kristina Öjlert, Saima Jamil Farooqi, Åslaug Helland, Vilde Drageset Haakensen   +19 more
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Situating Expertise: Lessons from the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

Global Challenges, 2018
How do Scientific Advisory Committees (SACs) frame the relationship between political agency and expertise in their work? What are the political implications of the ways in which SACs legitimate or obscure specific forms of political agency?
Lauren Paremoer
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Detection and evaluation of signals associated with exposure to individual and combination of medications in pregnancy: a signal detection study protocol

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction Considering the high prevalence of polypharmacy in pregnant women and the knowledge gap in the risk–benefit safety profile of their often-complex treatment plan, more research is needed to optimise prescribing.
Christopher Yau, Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar, Anuradhaa Subramanian, Peter Brocklehurst, Sinead Brophy, Helen Dolk, Muhammad Usman, Jingya Wang, Colin McCowan, Holly Hope, Jonathan Kennedy, Siang Ing Lee, Amaya Azcoaga-Lorenzo, Gillian Santorelli, Mairead Black, Christine Damase-Michel, Ngawai Moss, Katherine Phillips, Kelly-Ann Eastwood, Kathryn Mary Abel, Lisa Kent, Adeniyi Fagbamigbe, Dermot OReilly, Steven Wambua, Megha Singh, Mohamed Mhereeg, Neil Cockburn, Sudasing Pathirannehelage Buddhika Hemali Sudasinghe   +28 more
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Attitudes of cancer patients toward ctDNA‐based liquid biopsy for follow‐up

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This mixed‐methods study explored cancer patients' experiences, knowledge, and preferences regarding ctDNA‐based liquid biopsy for follow‐up. Awareness of ctDNA was low and recall of previous liquid biopsy was imperfect, yet acceptance was high.
Siddharth Chhajlani, Laura Mariën, Caro De Weerdt, Sanne Wouters, Laure‐Anne Teuwen, Hans Prenen, Katleen Janssens, Timon Vandamme   +7 more
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Perspective on the use of LNT for Radiation Protection and Risk Assessment by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Dose-Response, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) bases its risk assessments, regulatory limits, and nonregulatory guidelines for population exposures to low level ionizing radiation on the linear no-threshold (LNT) hypothesis, which assumes that the risk ...
Jerome S. Puskin PhD
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Ethics review of studies during public health emergencies - the experience of the WHO ethics review committee during the Ebola virus disease epidemic

BMC Medical Ethics, 2017
Background Between 2013 and 2016, West Africa experienced the largest ever outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease. In the absence of registered treatments or vaccines to control this lethal disease, the World Health Organization coordinated and supported ...
Emilie Alirol, Annette C. Kuesel, Maria Magdalena Guraiib, Vânia de la Fuente-Núñez, Abha Saxena, Melba F. Gomes   +5 more
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NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PARIS PRINCIPLES, ENGAGED INTO THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SYSTEM OF INTERNAL MEANS OF SECURITY

Конституційно-правові академічні студії, 2021
The purpose of the article is to clarify the place of national institutions engaged in the promotion and protection of human rights in the system of domestic means created in accordance with the Paris Principles.
Lyudmyla Deshko
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Containment Practices for Arthropods Modified with Engineered Transgenes Capable of Gene Drive Addendum 1 to the Arthropod Containment Guidelines, Version 3.2

Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2021
Responsible conduct of research is a cornerstone of rigorous scientific discovery. Institutional committees, independent advisory panels, and expert steering groups are among the frameworks in academia meant to provide guidance and assurances that ...

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Protocol for quantifying miRNA trafficking across the endosomal membrane

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
An in vitro protocol measures miRNA uptake into endosomes isolated from mammalian cell extracts, which are free of subcellular contaminants. Performed at 37 °C in the presence of ATP, it ensures the import of single‐stranded miRNA into the endosomal lumen.
Syamantak Ghosh, Kamalika Mukherjee, Suvendra N. Bhattacharyya   +2 more
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