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R. Jover
European guidelines for quality assurance in colorectal cancer screening and diagnosis: Overview and introduction to the full Supplement publication
Population-based screening for early detection and treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC) and precursor lesions, using evidence-based methods, can be effective in populations with a significant burden of the disease provided the services are of high quality. Multidisciplinary, evidence-based guidelines for quality assurance in CRC screening and diagnosis have been developed by experts in a project co-financed by the European Union. The 450-page guidelines were published in book format by the European Commission in 2010. They include 10 chapters and over 250 recommendations, individually graded according to the strength of the recommendation and the supporting evidence. Adoption of the recomme…
Factors Influencing Digitalis Obscura Mesophyll Protoplast Development
In a previous work (1), we found that a combination of liquid-over-agar-solidified MS (2) modified medium was superior to either all liquid or all solid medium for culture of Digitalis obscura L. mesophyll protoplasts. In order to achieve optimum culture conditions we now report on the influence of a different gelling agent (agarose) as well as the effect of several nutrient media on D. obscura mesophyll protoplasts development.
SOC-V-11 New serum miRNA biomarkers to predict liver steatosis by valproic acid in paediatric epileptic patients
Depakine (Valproate, VPA) has been the first line, most-frequently prescribed, anti-epileptic drug in children for the past 50 years. Idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity (iDILI) by VPA has been demonstrated in several case reports, where microvesicular liver steatosis was the most frequent feature. Moreover, more than half of VPA-treated patients could have silent fatty liver as demonstrated by ultrasounds. Extensive experimental studies support that VPA has a high potential to induce steatosis in hepatocytes. However, there is an apparent lack of significant hepatic problems in the Neuropediatric Units, despite transaminitis is not uncommon. One of the reasons could be that iDILI and liver steato…