Circular RNAs(circRNAs),a new star of noncoding RNAs,are a group of endogenous RNAs that form a covalently closed circle and occur widely in the mammalian genome.Most circRNAs are conserved throughout species and fre-...
Supported by Partially funded by St Vincent’s Health Australia Inclusive Health Program;Early Career Research Grant from Avant.
BACKGROUND Pharmacogenomics(PG)testing is under-utilised in Australia.Our research provides Australia-specific data on the perspectives of patients who have had PG testing and those of the clinicians involved in their...
Interleukin-2(IL-2)is an important cytokine that plays a key role in the immune response.The IL-2 receptor(IL-2R)is composed of three subunits,alpha,beta,and gamma,with the alpha subunit having the highest affinity fo...
BACKGROUND John Henryism(JH)is a strategy for dealing with chronic psychological stress characterized by high levels of physical effort and work.Cynicism is a belief that people are motivated primarily by self-interes...
BACKGROUND KBG syndrome is likely underdiagnosed because of mild and non-specific features in some affected patients especially before the upper permanent central incisors eruption at about the age of 7-8 years.Somati...
BACKGROUND Tetrasomy 18p is a rare chromosome abnormality disorder known to have consid-erable variability in clinical features and gathering data from different cases will help clinicians and researchers learn about ...
BACKGROUND Epigenetic disruptions have been implicated in some cases of infertility and can serve as therapeutic targets.However,the involvement of epigenetics in infertility has not received adequate attention.AIM Th...
BACKGROUND Celiac sprue,or celiac disease,is a relatively common disease whereby many are unaware that they have it.It often manifests with symptoms outside of the digestive system.Many health care providers are unawa...
Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome(OMIM#605130)is a rare congenital malformation syndrome characterized by hypertrichosis cubiti associated with short stature;consistent facial features,including long eyelashes,thick or arche...
We present a patient with a history of colonic polyposis and family history significant for colon polyps and colorectal cancer(CRC). The patient and the family also had a history of bone loss of the jaw and early toot...