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Working in partnership with the patient community to develop outline trial designs in CF (2021)
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Rowbotham, N. J., Smith, S., Davies, G., Leighton, P., Rayner, O., Elliott, Z., …Smyth, A. R. (2022). Working in partnership with the patient community to develop outline trial designs in CF. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 21(2), 300-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2021.12.008

In a collaboration between health professionals and the patient community, we previously identified the Top 10 priorities for clinical research in CF [ [1] ]. Here, we have used a similar approach to explore four of these priorities further and sugge... Read More about Working in partnership with the patient community to develop outline trial designs in CF.

Intestinal function and transit associate with gut microbiota dysbiosis in cystic fibrosis (2021)
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Marsh, R., Gavillet, H., Hanson, L., Ng, C., Mitchell-Whyte, M., Major, G., …van der Gast, C. (2022). Intestinal function and transit associate with gut microbiota dysbiosis in cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2021.11.014

Background: Most people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) suffer from gastrointestinal symptoms and are at risk of gut complications. Gut microbiota dysbiosis is apparent within the CF population across all age groups, with evidence linking dysbiosis to in... Read More about Intestinal function and transit associate with gut microbiota dysbiosis in cystic fibrosis.

COVID-19 and pregnancy: A comparison of case reports, case series and registry studies (2021)
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Young, E. M., Green, O., Stewart, J., King, Y., O'Donoghue, K., Walker, K. F., & Thornton, J. G. (2022). COVID-19 and pregnancy: A comparison of case reports, case series and registry studies. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 268, 135-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.12.002

Background: Selection, outcome and publication biases are well described in case reports and case series but may be less of a problem early in the appearance of a new disease when all cases might appear to be worth publishing. Objective: To use a pro... Read More about COVID-19 and pregnancy: A comparison of case reports, case series and registry studies.

Meta-Analysis of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in Pediatric Medulloblastoma, Ependymoma, and Pilocytic Astrocytoma (2021)
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Dury, R. J., Lourdusamy, A., Macarthur, D. C., Peet, A. C., Auer, D. P., Grundy, R. G., & Dineen, R. A. (2022). Meta-Analysis of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in Pediatric Medulloblastoma, Ependymoma, and Pilocytic Astrocytoma. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 56(1), 147-157. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.28007

Background: Medulloblastoma, ependymoma, and pilocytic astrocytoma are common pediatric posterior fossa tumors. These tumors show overlapping characteristics on conventional MRI scans, making diagnosis difficult. Purpose: To investigate whether appar... Read More about Meta-Analysis of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient in Pediatric Medulloblastoma, Ependymoma, and Pilocytic Astrocytoma.

Investigating histidinylated highly branched poly(lysine) for siRNA delivery (2021)
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Alazzo, A., Gumus, N., Gurnani, P., Stolnik, S., Rahman, R., Spriggs, K., & Alexander, C. (2022). Investigating histidinylated highly branched poly(lysine) for siRNA delivery. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 10(2), 236-246. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1tb01793d

The temporary silencing of disease-associated genes utilising short interfering RNA (siRNA) is a potent and selective route for addressing a wide range of life limiting disorders. However, the few clinically approved siRNA therapies rely on lipid bas... Read More about Investigating histidinylated highly branched poly(lysine) for siRNA delivery.

Intravenous or oral antibiotic treatment in adults and children with cystic fibrosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection: the TORPEDO-CF RCT (2021)
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Langton Hewer, S. C., Smyth, A. R., Brown, M., Jones, A. P., Hickey, H., Kenna, D., …Williamson, P. R. (2021). Intravenous or oral antibiotic treatment in adults and children with cystic fibrosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection: the TORPEDO-CF RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 25(65), 1-158. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta25650

Background People with cystic fibrosis are susceptible to pulmonary infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This may become chronic and lead to increased mortality and morbidity. If treatment is commenced promptly, infection may be eradicated through... Read More about Intravenous or oral antibiotic treatment in adults and children with cystic fibrosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection: the TORPEDO-CF RCT.

Case of successfully delivered dicavitary twins in uterus didelphus (2021)
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Barnes, E., Walker, K., Sayed, H. M., & Green, A. (2021). Case of successfully delivered dicavitary twins in uterus didelphus. BMJ Case Reports, 14(11), e245139. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-245139

Uterus didelphus is a congenital abnormality arising from failure of fusion of Mullerian ducts, creating two separate uterine horns, two cervices and, in some cases, a vagina divided by a longitudinal septum. In this case, a 26-year-old woman with pr... Read More about Case of successfully delivered dicavitary twins in uterus didelphus.

Multicentre service evaluation of presentation of newly diagnosed cancers and type 1 diabetes in children in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
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Williams, G., McLean, R., Liu, J. F., Ritzmann, T. A., Dandapani, M., Shanmugavadivel, D., …Walker, D. (2021). Multicentre service evaluation of presentation of newly diagnosed cancers and type 1 diabetes in children in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Paediatrics Open, 5(1), Article e001078. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001078

Background The COVID-19 pandemic led to changes in patterns of presentation to emergency departments. Child health professionals were concerned that this could contribute to the delayed diagnosis of life-threatening conditions, including childhood ca... Read More about Multicentre service evaluation of presentation of newly diagnosed cancers and type 1 diabetes in children in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Impedimetric Characterization of Bipolar Nanoelectrodes with Cancer Cells (2021)
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Robinson, A. J., Jain, A., Rahman, R., Abayzeed, S., Hague, R. J., & Rawson, F. J. (2021). Impedimetric Characterization of Bipolar Nanoelectrodes with Cancer Cells. ACS Omega, 6(44), 29495-29505. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c03547

Merging of electronics with biology, defined as bioelectronics, at the nanoscale holds considerable promise for sensing and modulating cellular behavior. Advancing our understanding of nanobioelectronics will facilitate development and enable applica... Read More about Impedimetric Characterization of Bipolar Nanoelectrodes with Cancer Cells.

Anti-reflux medication use in preterm infants (2021)
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Binti Abdul Hamid, H., Szatkowski, L., Budge, H., & Ojha, S. (2022). Anti-reflux medication use in preterm infants. Pediatric Research, 92, 520-525. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-021-01821-y

Background: Current recommendations do not support the use of anti-reflux medications to treat gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) among preterm infants. Objective: To describe the prevalence of GORD and the use of anti-reflux medications amongs... Read More about Anti-reflux medication use in preterm infants.

Paternal periconception metabolic health and offspring programming (2021)
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Eid, N., Morgan, H. L., & Watkins, A. J. (2021). Paternal periconception metabolic health and offspring programming. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665121003736

The association between maternal metabolic status at the time of conception and subsequent embryogenesis and offspring development has been studied in detail. However, less attention has been given to the significance of paternal nutrition and metabo... Read More about Paternal periconception metabolic health and offspring programming.

Modifying the m6A brain methylome by ALKBH5-mediated demethylation: a new contender for synaptic tagging (2021)
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Martinez De La Cruz, B., Markus, R., Malla, S., Haig, M. I., Gell, C., Sang, F., …Knight, H. M. (2021). Modifying the m6A brain methylome by ALKBH5-mediated demethylation: a new contender for synaptic tagging. Molecular Psychiatry, 26(12), 7141-7153. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-021-01282-z

Synaptic plasticity processes, which underlie learning and memory formation, require RNA to be translated local to synapses. The synaptic tagging hypothesis has previously been proposed to explain how mRNAs are available at specific activated synapse... Read More about Modifying the m6A brain methylome by ALKBH5-mediated demethylation: a new contender for synaptic tagging.

Treatment of COVID-19 in pregnant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
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Giesbers, S., Goh, E., Kew, T., Allotey, J., Brizuela, V., Kara, E., …Mofenson, L. (2021). Treatment of COVID-19 in pregnant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 267, 120-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2021.10.007

Objective: Clinical trials evaluating pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of COVID-19, either excluded pregnant women or included very few women. Unlike the numerous systematic reviews on prevalence, symptoms and adverse outcomes of COV... Read More about Treatment of COVID-19 in pregnant women: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Feasibility of Photodynamic Therapy for Glioblastoma with the Mitochondria-Targeted Photosensitizer Tetramethylrhodamine Methyl Ester (TMRM) (2021)
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Vasilev, A., Sofi, R., Smith, S. J., Rahman, R., Teschemacher, A. G., & Kasparov, S. (2021). Feasibility of Photodynamic Therapy for Glioblastoma with the Mitochondria-Targeted Photosensitizer Tetramethylrhodamine Methyl Ester (TMRM). Biomedicines, 9(10), Article 1453. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9101453

One of the most challenging problems in the treatment of glioblastoma (GBM) is the highly infiltrative nature of the disease. Infiltrating cells that are non-resectable are left behind after debulking surgeries and become a source of regrowth and rec... Read More about Feasibility of Photodynamic Therapy for Glioblastoma with the Mitochondria-Targeted Photosensitizer Tetramethylrhodamine Methyl Ester (TMRM).

Use of pooled serum samples to assess herd disease status using commercially available ELISAs (2021)
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Hernandez-Medrano, J. H., Fernando Espinosa-Castilloa, L., Rodrigueza, A. D., Gutierreza, C. G., & Wapenaar, W. (2021). Use of pooled serum samples to assess herd disease status using commercially available ELISAs. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 53(5), Article 507. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-021-02939-1

Pooled samples are used in veterinary and human medicine as a cost-effective approach to monitor disease prevalence. Nonetheless, there is limited information on the effect of pooling on test performance, and research is required to determine the app... Read More about Use of pooled serum samples to assess herd disease status using commercially available ELISAs.

A Systematic Review of the Biological Effects of Cordycepin (2021)
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Radhi, M., Ashraf, S., Lawrence, S., Tranholm, A. A., Wellham, P. A. D., Hafeez, A., …De Moor, C. H. (2021). A Systematic Review of the Biological Effects of Cordycepin. Molecules, 26(19), Article 5886. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26195886

We conducted a systematic review of the literature on the effects of cordycepin on cell survival and proliferation, inflammation, signal transduction and animal models. A total of 1204 publications on cordycepin were found by the cut-off date of 1 Fe... Read More about A Systematic Review of the Biological Effects of Cordycepin.

Exploring the challenges of accessing medication for patients with cystic fibrosis (2021)
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Herbert, S., Rowbotham, N., Smith, S., Wilson, P., Elliott, Z., Leighton, P., …Smyth, A. R. (2022). Exploring the challenges of accessing medication for patients with cystic fibrosis. Thorax, 77(3), 295-297. https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-217140

Reducing treatment burden in cystic fibrosis (CF) is the top research priority for patients and clinicians. Difficulty accessing medication is one aspect of treatment burden. We investigated this with an online survey available globally for patients... Read More about Exploring the challenges of accessing medication for patients with cystic fibrosis.

Model Systems to Study the Chronic, Polymicrobial Infections in Cystic Fibrosis: Current Approaches and Exploring Future Directions (2021)
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O’Toole, G. A., Crabbé, A., Kümmerli, R., LiPuma, J. J., Bomberger, J. M., Davies, J. C., …Whiteson, K. (2021). Model Systems to Study the Chronic, Polymicrobial Infections in Cystic Fibrosis: Current Approaches and Exploring Future Directions. mBio, 12(5), https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.01763-21

A recent workshop titled “Developing Models to Study Polymicrobial Infections,” sponsored by the Dartmouth Cystic Fibrosis Center (DartCF), explored the development of new models to study the polymicrobial infections associated with the airways of pe... Read More about Model Systems to Study the Chronic, Polymicrobial Infections in Cystic Fibrosis: Current Approaches and Exploring Future Directions.

Evidence around early induction of labor in women of advanced maternal age and those using assisted reproductive technology (2021)
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Venkatanarayanan, N., & Walker, K. F. (2021). Evidence around early induction of labor in women of advanced maternal age and those using assisted reproductive technology. Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 77, 42-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2021.08.007

Worldwide, there has been a trend toward later motherhood. Concurrently, the incidence of subfertility has been on the rise, necessitating conception using assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs). These pregnancies are considered high risk due to f... Read More about Evidence around early induction of labor in women of advanced maternal age and those using assisted reproductive technology.

Telehealth after the pandemic: Will the inverse care law apply? (Commentary) (2021)
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Calthorpe, R. J., & Smyth, A. R. (2021). Telehealth after the pandemic: Will the inverse care law apply? (Commentary). Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 20, 47-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2021.08.023

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the use of telehealth within the cystic fibrosis (CF) community to deliver CF care. The article by Solomon and colleagues exploring the patient and family experiences of telehealth care delivery, as part of the C... Read More about Telehealth after the pandemic: Will the inverse care law apply? (Commentary).