Genomics Journal Articles

• Philadelphia Chromosome-Negative B-Cell ALL in Young Adults The outcomes and prognosis of adolescents and young adults with Philadelphia chromosome-negative ALL differs from that of younger children. How are these older patients best managed?
  Journal of Oncology Practice, July 30, 2020
• Evidence for Limited Early Spread of COVID-19 Within the US New evidence shows that the first U.S. cases of nontravel-related COVID-19 were confirmed in late February, suggesting that community transmission was occurring much earlier than previously believed.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, July 29, 2020
• Legionnaires' Disease Transmission Through Toilet Flushing Could toilet contamination and subsequent flushing lead to exposure to Legionnaires' disease? This report describes two probable cases.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 29, 2020
• Sequencing to Analyze Germline Variants in Breast Cancer Tumor sequencing can play an important role in identifying germline variants in high-risk breast cancer patients.
  Breast Cancer Research, July 27, 2020
• New Insights in the Management of Hepatocellular Adenoma While benign, hepatocellular adenoma may be complicated by hemorrhage or malignant transformation to HCC. Review the latest on its epidemiology, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment in this article.
  Liver International, July 24, 2020
• A Microbiota-based Approach to Psychiatric Symptoms in IBD This review examined the role of the microbiota-gut-brain-axis in IBD. Might targeting the gut microbiota be a useful therapeutic approach for treatment of psychiatric co-morbidities in IBD?
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, July 20, 2020
• The Role of Uric Acid in Inflammasome-Mediated Kidney Injury A new review looks at the role of uric acid in the pathogenesis of kidney damage. Could certain therapies help prevent inflammasome activation and provide renoprotective benefits?
  Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, July 10, 2020
• Clinical Application of Metabolomics in Pancreatic Diseases Can metabolomics provide a more efficient and sensitive diagnostic method for pancreatic disease? This review explores the potential of metabolomics in early detection, diagnosis, and identification.
  Laboratory Medicine, July 08, 2020
• COPD, Lung Function and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Is there a possible link between COPD, lung function, and the risk for developing type 2 diabetes?
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, July 08, 2020
• COVID-19 Prevention, Diagnosis, Management in the IBD Patient Since many IBD therapies may weaken the immune system and increase infection risk, IBD patient management presents a challenge during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, July 01, 2020
• Active Pyoderma Gangrenosum in a Patient With Breast Cancer The authors discuss the management of active pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with breast cancer.
  Wounds, June 30, 2020
• SARS-CoV-2 From Patient With Coronavirus Disease, U.S. Virus isolates from a patient with confirmed COVID-19 may offer opportunities to learn about virus replication and develop possible medical interventions.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 29, 2020
• Performance of Breast Cancer Risk-Assessment Models A new study assesses the accuracy of various breast cancer risk-assessment models. How do they stack up?
  Journal of the National Cancer Institute, June 29, 2020
• Risk Factors for Fibromyalgia and Chronic Widespread Pain This review demonstrates a wide variety of risk factors for fibromyalgia, strongly suggesting that there are multiple etiological routes into fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain.
  Pain, June 29, 2020
• High HGF Expression Predicts Survival in Male Breast Cancer What can hepatocyte growth factor tumor expression tell us about the prognosis of men with breast cancer?
  Breast Cancer Research, June 26, 2020
• Maternal Spontaneous Abortion and Risk of ADHD in Offspring Is a maternal history of spontaneous abortion associated with an increased risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in future offspring?
  Human Reproduction, June 23, 2020
• Comparing US and European Guidelines on Dyslipidemia How do United States and European guideline recommendations for the primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease differ--and in what respects are they similar?
  Circulation, June 12, 2020
• Discovery of New Serum Biomarker Panels for SLE Diagnosis Newly discovered autoantibody panels may offer another option for the clinical diagnosis of SLE.
  Rheumatology, June 12, 2020
• Oncologist Discussions of Genomic Tests and Treatment Costs Genomic testing and related cancer treatments can be expensive. How often do oncologists have these cost discussions with patients?
  Journal of the National Cancer Institute, June 11, 2020
• Update on Worldide Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks The Global Polio Eradication Initiative plans to introduce a genetically stabilized, novel OPV type 2 which should reduce the risk of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, June 10, 2020