Piccolo BD1, Graham JL2, Stanhope KL3, Nookaew I4, Mercer KE5, Chintapalli SV6, Wankhade UD7, Shankar K8, Havel PJ9, Adams SH1. Abstract The composition of the gut microbiome is altered in obesity and type 2 diabetes; however, it is not known whether these alterations are mediated by dietary factors or related to declines in metabolic health. To address this, cecal contents were collected from age-matched, […]
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Highly accurate model for prediction of lung nodule malignancy with CT scans
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E. coli and colorectal cancer, a complex relationship that deserves a critical mindset
Crit Rev Microbiol. 2018 Jun 17:1-14. doi: 10.1080/1040841X.2018.1481013 Trudy M. Wassenaar Abstract To the multiple factors that may eventually result in colorectal cancer (CRC), strains of E. coli have now been added, in particular strains producing colibactin from their polyketide synthesis (pks) locus. The evidence and mechanistic explanations for this unfortunate effect of what is in […]
Reengineering Workflow for Curation of DICOM Datasets
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Identification of novel mutational drivers reveals oncogene dependencies in multiple myeloma
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Gene expression profile analysis of aortic vascular smooth muscle cells reveals upregulation of cadherin genes in myocardial infarction patients
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Microcephaly by Zika Virus in Thailand Emerging Infectious Diseases
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DNAp: A Pipeline for DNA-seq Data Analysis
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A Review of Connectivity Map and Computational Approaches in Pharmacogenomics
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