Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing, instead of Procalcitonin, Could Guide Antibiotic Usage in Patients with Febrile Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study

Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing as an Alternative to Procalcitonin in Guiding Antibiotic Use in Patients with Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis and Fever Background and Research Objectives Acute pancreatitis (AP) is one of the leading causes of emergency hospital admissions for digestive system diseases, with significant medical resource utiliz...

Precise and safe pulmonary segmentectomy enabled by visualizing cancer margins with dual-channel near-infrared fluorescence

Precise and Safe Lung Segmentectomy Enabled by Dual-Channel Near-Infrared Fluorescence Tumor and Pleural Demarcation Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally. Since the introduction of computed tomography screening, the early detection rate of lung cancer has greatly increased, significantly reducing mortality rates. Studies...

Turning the Operating Room into a Mixed-Reality Environment: A Prospective Clinical Investigation for Cerebral Aneurysm Clipping

Turning the Operating Room into a Mixed-Reality Environment: A Prospective Clinical Investigation for Cerebral Aneurysm Clipping

Transforming the Operating Room into a Mixed Reality Environment: A Prospective Clinical Study on Aneurysm Clipping The surgical treatment of cerebral aneurysms is a highly complex and delicate process in neurosurgery. Researchers continue to explore new technologies and methods to improve surgical outcomes. In recent years, the development of Mixe...

SIRT1-RAB7 Axis Attenuates NLRP3 and STING Activation through Late Endosomal-Dependent Mitophagy during Sepsis-Induced Acute Lung Injury

The SIRT1-Rab7 Axis Regulates NLRP3 and STING Activation in Sepsis-Induced Acute Lung Injury via Terminal Endosome-Dependent Mitophagy Academic Background Acute lung injury (ALI) is one of the leading causes of death in septic patients, primarily due to the pro-inflammatory changes and permeability defects in endothelial cells (ECs). Mitochondrial ...

Speech Prosody Serves Temporal Prediction of Language via Contextual Entrainment

Time prediction plays an important role in language comprehension, making language processing faster and more efficient. Especially in complex auditory and language processing, predicting the information of the upcoming utterance can improve comprehension efficiency and reduce cognitive load. Existing research has shown that listeners can utilize t...

Gliomatosis cerebri in children: a poor prognostic phenotype of diffuse gliomas with a distinct molecular profile

Childhood Gliomatosis Cerebri: A Poor Prognosis Phenotype of Diffuse Glioma with Distinct Molecular Characteristics Introduction Gliomatosis cerebri (GC) is a highly invasive form of diffuse glioma. It was initially discarded as an independent pathological type due to its indeterminate molecular characteristics. However, with the advancements in mo...

Raman-Based Machine Learning Platform Reveals Unique Metabolic Differences Between IDHmut and IDHwt Glioma

Study on Metabolic Differences between IDH Mutant and Wild-type Glioma Cells Using Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning Platform Background Introduction In the diagnosis and treatment of gliomas, formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue sections are commonly used. However, due to background noise interference from the embedding medium, th...

Disturbance in Cerebral Blood Microcirculation and Hypoxic-Ischemic Microenvironment are Associated with the Development of Brain Metastasis

Microcirculatory Disorders of Cerebral Blood Flow and the Hypoxic-Ischemic Microenvironment Related to Brain Metastasis Development Background and Research Motivation Brain metastasis (BM) is an increasing challenge in oncology due to its severe impact on neurological function, limited treatment options, and resulting poor prognosis. BM develops th...

Representation of Genomic Intratumor Heterogeneity in Multi-Region Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patient-Derived Xenograft Models

Manifestations of Genomic-Level Intratumoral Tumor Heterogeneity in Multi-Region Patient-Derived Xenograft Models of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Academic Background and Research Motivation Patient-Derived Xenograft (PDX) models are widely used in cancer research. PDX models are established by transplanting human tumors into immunodeficient mice. The...

Systematic analysis of NDUFAF6 in Complex I Assembly and Mitochondrial Disease

Systematic Analysis of NDUFAF6 in Complex I Assembly and Mitochondrial Disease Background Mitochondrial complex I (CI) is a crucial component of the respiratory chain, playing an essential role in oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) by introducing electrons into the mitochondrial respiratory chain and, together with complexes II-IV, generating and m...