Background: Early identification of hip fracture (HF) patients bearing an increased risk for a contralateral occurrence would allow providing preventive measures timely.Objectives: To summarize the available evidence describing risk scores, prognostic instruments, or (groups of) parameters predicting contralateral HFs at the time point of the first
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic, non-specific disease of unknown etiology.The disease develops mainly in the rectum or colon, and the main clinical symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, and purulent bloody stools, with a wide variation in severity.The specific causative factors and pathogenesis of the disease are not yet clear, but most s
Artificial organelles, molecular factories and nanoreactors sassafras dahlia are membrane-bound systems envisaged to exhibit cell-like functionality.These constitute liposomes, polymersomes or hybrid lipo-polymersomes that display different membrane-spanning channels and/or enclose molecular modules.To achieve more complex functionality, an artific
We have recently shown that chemotherapy with immunogenic cell death (ICD)-inducing polka na xbox agents can be advantageously combined with fasting regimens or caloric restriction mimetics (CRMs) to achieve superior tumor growth control via a T cell-dependent mechanism.Here, we show that the blockade of the CD11b-dependent extravasation of myeloid
An outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that started in Wuhan, China, has spread quickly, with cases confirmed in 180 countries with broad impact on all health care systems.Currently, the absence of a COVID-19 vaccine or any definitive medication has led to increased use of bushranger awning non-pharmaceutical interventions, aimed at reduci