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The connective tissue protein 'ADAMTSL3' is crucial for heart function
A new study reveals essential role of ADAMTSL3, an extracellular protein of unknown function, in maintaining cardiac structure and function in the failing heart. By regulating a central heart failure signalling pathway, ADAMTSL3 emerges as a potential therapeutic target for this deadly syndrome.
Personalizing antibiotics on the ICU
Patients on the ICU often have infections and need to be treated with antibiotics. We know that patients often have too low concentrations of these antibiotics in their blood. Does personalizing dosing of antibiotics based on measuring these concentrations work?
Urgency and Necessity of Epstein-Barr Virus Prophylactic Vaccines
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the first identified oncogenic virus without any vaccine or therapeutic. In this review, we summarize (i) the disease burden caused by EBV; (ii) previous EBV vaccine studies and available animal models; (iii) future trends of EBV vaccines development.
Examining hospitalisation and mortality risk of SARS-COV-2 variant omicron sub-lineage BA.2
We found that the risks of outcomes indicating severe disease were lower or similar for those infected with BA.2 sub-lineage of Omicron, compared to BA.1, after controlling for confounding factors.
