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- Sabina Alam, Biomed Central
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Selected articles
Review & comment
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Adam Riker, Rajeev SamantMelanoma: location & progression
Riker and Samant comment on a study in BMC Cancer showing that the intracellular location of BRMS1 determines the metastatic potential of melanoma, and discuss how therapies can be developed to target the location of this important protein.
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Florian Seemuller, Hans-Jurgen Moller, Sandra Dittmann, Richard MusilDrugs: psychiatric vs general
Florian Seemuller and colleagues comment on a recent review of meta-analyses which concludes efficacy of psychiatric drugs are comparable to drugs used for internal medicine, and calls for an integrative approach in research and therapy in order to improve treatment options.
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Kamaldeep Bhui, Madelyn Hicks, Myrna Lashley, Edgar JonesNew approach to counter terrorism
Public health research and practice can inform new measures to prevent violent radicalization, which Kamaldeep Bhui and colleagues propose could reduce social exclusion, recruitment into terrorist groups and suspicion towards certain communities.
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Jasvinder SinghRacial disparities in gout therapy
A recent trial in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders reports urate-lowering therapy is equally effective in gout patients of different racial backgrounds, and Jasvinder Singh discusses the importance making this therapy more available to African-American patients in order to lower the burden of gout.
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Anna Sapone, Julio Bai, Carolina Ciacci, Jernej Dolinsek, Peter Green, Marios Hadjivassiliou, Katri Kaukinen, Kamran Rostami, David Sander, Michael Schumann, Reiner Ullrich, Danilo Villalta, Umberto Volta, Carlo Catassi, Alessio FasanoNew classifications for GRDs
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Research
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Andrew Beswick, Karen Elvers, Alison Smith, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Andrew Lovering, Ashley BlomWhat is the evidence base to guide surgical treatment of infected hip prostheses? Systematic review of longitudinal studies in unselected patients
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Maheswari Srinivasan, Grace Ndeezi, Cordelia Katureebe Mboijana, Sarah Kiguli, Gabriel Bimenya, Victoria Nankabirwa, James TumwineZinc adjunct therapy reduces case fatality in severe childhood pneumonia: a randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial
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Sophie Waldvogel, Baptiste Pedrazzini, Paul Vaucher, Raphael Bize, Jacques Cornuz, Jean Tissot, Bernard FavratClinical evaluation of iron treatment efficiency among non-anemic but iron-deficient female blood donors: a randomized controlled trial
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Robert Phillips, Ros Wade, Thomas Lehrnbecher, Lesley Stewart, Alex SuttonSystematic review and meta-analysis of the value of initial biomarkers in predicting adverse outcome in febrile neutropenic episodes in children and young people with cancer
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Yong Zhao, Zhaoshun Jiang, Tingbao Zhao, Mingliang Ye, Chengjin Hu, Zhaohui Yin, Heng Li, Ye Zhang, Yalin Diao, Yunxiang Li, Yingjian Chen, Xiaoming Sun, Mary Beth Fisk, Randal Skidgel, Mark Holterman, Bellur Prabhakar, Theodore MazzoneReversal of type 1 diabetes via islet beta cell regeneration following immune modulation by cord blood-derived multipotent stem cells
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