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The impact of tourniquet use in total knee arthroplasty
(2013-03-21)
Use of the tourniquet in extremity surgery is considered to be an important tool because it prevents intraoperative bleeding and thereby improves visualization of the surgical field. However, its use is not without risks, ...
Effects of kinship and timing in familial cancer
(2015-04-17)
Family cancer history is one of the most important risk factors for cancer. We investigated in depth the effect of family cancer history, in particular, the effects of kinship and timing on cancer incidence and prognosis ...
Identification and characterization of novel enzymes in mitochondrial and cytosolic nucleotide metabolism
(2011-02-14)
Nucleotides need to be synthesized within the cells since there are no carrier proteins for them in the cell membrane and their negatively charged phosphate groups prevent diffusion across the membrane. There are two main ...
Mutational analyses of the tumor suppressor gene Patched1 : role in non-melanoma skin cancer and nevoid basal cell carcinoma
(2008-05-02)
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in Western countries, with a
rapidly increasing incidence. The majority of these tumors are
non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). The most common NMSC is basal cell
carcinoma (BCC) ...
Improved diagnosis and management of sepsis and bloodstream infection
(2022-11-08)
Sepsis is a severe organ dysfunction triggered by infections, and a leading cause of hospitalization and death. Concurrent bloodstream infection (BSI) is common and around one third of sepsis patients have positive blood ...