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The IBD Pathway: From a Patient Perspective

A highly interactive symposium, including pre-recorded interviews with patients, was chaired by Prof Geert D’Haens. Participation by the audience was…

The IBD Management Puzzle: Do We Have All the Pieces?

IBD shows a progressive immunopathogenesis.1 Following an initial immune response, amplification of this inflammatory response leads to the phenotypic…

Editor’s Pick: Sex Differences in Paediatric and Adult Asthma

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways, characterised by obstruction of airflow, excessive mucus production, and airway hyper-reactivity…

Epigenetics, Assisted Reproduction, and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection: A Review of the Current Data

Since the birth of Louise Brown, the first in vitro fertilisation (IVF) baby in 1978, >5 million babies have been born using assisted reproduction…

Immunotherapy in Small Cell Lung Cancer

In approximately 15% of cases, new lung cancer patients are diagnosed as having a small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), and in about 70% of these cases…

Chemokine Pathway Can Be the Potential Therapeutic Target for Hypertrophic Scar

Hypertrophic scar (HTS) is a dermal form of fibroproliferative disease that develops after deep burns, skin injuries, and surgical wounds. HTS is defined…

A New Twist to Ibuprofen: Alternative Action in Alternative Splicing

Ibuprofen belongs to the group of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) used to treat diverse inflammatory processes, pain, or fever…

The Heart of the Matter: A Unique Convergence of Cardiac Neoplasm, Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer, and Spindle Cell Sarcoma

Cardiac tumours are rare, with their incidence estimated between 0.0017–0.2800%,1 and the vast majority are metastatic lesions…

Obesity and the Effects of Weight Reduction: A Spotlight on Women with Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer and Heart Disease

There is a connection between increased body mass, or adipose tissue, and higher risk of developing cancer, particularly in hormone-stimulated neoplastic…

Anthropometric Parameters and Thyroid Morphology in a Sample of Overweight and Obese Syrian Women

In this study, the authors aimed to evaluate thyroid morphology in obese women and tried to link thyroid morphology with anthropometric parameters.