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IL-6 Signaling in colorectal cancer onset and progression
IL-6 is a pleiotropic cytokine showing both pro- and anti-inflammatory roles.
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  • 10 Dec 2021
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Antimicrobial/Antiviral Potential of Cannabinoids and Cannabis sativa
Antimicrobial resistance has emerged as a global health crisis and, therefore, new drug discovery is a paramount need. Cannabis sativa contains hundreds of chemical constituents produced by secondary metabolism, exerting outstanding antimicrobial, antiviral, and therapeutic properties.
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  • 15 Dec 2021
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Atopic Dermatitis (AD)
The skin harbors a huge number of different microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and viruses, and it acts as a protective shield to prevent the invasion of pathogens and to maintain the health of the commensal microbiota. Several studies, in fact, have shown the importance of the skin microbiota for healthy skin. This balance can be altered by intrinsic and extrinsic factors, leading to the development of skin disease, such as acne vulgaris (AV), atopic dermatitis (AD) and rosacea (RS).
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  • 27 Oct 2022
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Molecular Hydrogen into the Body
It is known that molecular hydrogen is a relatively stable, ubiquitous gas that is a minor component of the atmosphere. At the same time, molecular hydrogen has been shown to have diverse biological effects. By the end of 2022, more than 2000 articles have been published in the field of hydrogen medicine, many of which are original studies.
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  • 10 Mar 2023
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Dental Implants
Dental implants are widely used for oral prosthetic rehabilitation in case of partially (single or more missing teeth), as well as fully edentulous patients. It was demonstrated that osseointegrated implants have a high survival rate (cumulative mean of 94.6%, SD 5.97%) with a follow-up period of up to 20 years.
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  • 21 Aug 2021
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Senolytics for Cancer Therapy
Senolytics represent a group of mechanistically diverse drugs that can eliminate senescent cells, both in tumors and in several aging-related pathologies. Consequently, senolytic use has been proposed as a potential adjuvant approach to improve the response to senescence-inducing conventional and targeted cancer therapies. However, the translation of senolytics to the clinic faces many challenges that need to be addressed by the research community. 
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  • 09 Mar 2021
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Choriocapillaris OCTA in AMD
The advent of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) has facilitated remarkable advancements in our ability to image the blood vessels of the retina and choroid. This is particularly true of the choriocapillaris (CC), the blood vessel bed that feeds the outer retina. OCTA has more clearly defined the integral role of the CC in age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of vision loss people over 50 years old. OCTA imaging shows that the choriocapillaris is impaired in intermediate and advanced non-neovascular AMD, and the severity of impairment may predict the advancement of disease. In advanced non-neovascular AMD, the choriocapillaris is severely impaired underneath the area of geographic atrophy, and the level of impairment surrounding geographic atrophy can predict the rate of atrophy enlargement. Macular neovascularization, harmful new blood vessels that grow in neovascular AMD, can be readily identified and classified using OCTA. It is still unclear however if neovascularization features with OCTA can predict the lesion’s level of activity. However, the choriocapillaris surrounding macular neovascularization is impaired while the more peripheral choriocapillaris is spared, implying that choriocapillaris disease may drive the growth of these new blood vessels. With continued innovation in OCTA image acquisition and analysis methods, new discoveries in AMD are set to follow.
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  • 22 Sep 2021
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Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency with Calcifediol
Calcifediol (25-OH-vitamin D3) is the prohormone of the vitamin D endocrine system. It is used to prevent and treat vitamin D deficiency. Calcifediol, as well as cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), is efficient and safe in the general population, although calcifediol has certain advantages over cholecalciferol, such as its rapid onset of action and greater potency. 
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  • 20 May 2022
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Insulin in the Brain
Insulin action in the brain regulates several processes including energy expenditure, glucose homeostasis, feeding behavior and satiety, reward pathways, reproduction, cell proliferation and differentiation. Moreover, insulin has neuroprotective and neuromodulatory properties and plays a crucial role in neuronal transmission and survival, neurogenesis, plasticity, and memory and cognition.
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  • 11 Apr 2022
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Complication
A complication in medicine, or medical complication, is an unfavorable result of a disease, health condition, or treatment. Complications may adversely affect the prognosis, or outcome, of a disease. Complications generally involve a worsening in severity of disease or the development of new signs, symptoms, or pathological changes which may become widespread throughout the body and affect other organ systems. Thus, complications may lead to the development of new diseases resulting from a previously existing disease. Complications may also arise as a result of various treatments. The development of complications depends on a number of factors, including the degree of vulnerability, susceptibility, age, health status, and immune system condition. Knowledge of the most common and severe complications of a disease, procedure, or treatment allow for prevention and preparation for treatment if they should occur. Complications are not to be confused with sequelae, which are residual effects that occur after the acute (initial, most severe) phase of an illness or injury. Sequelae can appear early in the development of disease or weeks to months later and are a result of the initial injury or illness. For example, a scar resulting from a burn or dysphagia resulting from a stroke would be considered sequelae. In addition, complications should not be confused with comorbidities, which are diseases that occur concurrently but have no causative association.
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