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Transfusions are more common in premature infants with approximately 40% of low birth weight infants and up to 90% of extremely low birth weight infants requiring red blood cell transfusion. Although red blood cell transfusion can be life-saving in these preterm infants, it has been associated with higher rates of complications including necrotizing enterocolitis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, retinopathy of prematurity and possibly abnormal neurodevelopment. The main objective of this review is to assess current red blood cell transfusion practices in the neonatal intensive care unit, to summarize available neonatal transfusion guidelines published in different countries and to emphasize the wide variation in transfusion thresholds that exists for red blood cell transfusion. This review also addresses certain issues specific to red blood cell processing for the neonatal population including storage time, irradiation, cytomegalovirus (CMV) prevention strategies and patient blood management. GSKJ4 Future research avenues are proposed to better define optimal transfusion practice in neonatal intensive care units.Early-stage gene therapy (GT) clinical trials are demonstrating exciting results for persons with haemophilia (PWH), with the first products possibly licenced over the next few years for haemophilia A and B. These new treatments offer the possibility of a one-off approach to the treatment of haemophilia, with demonstrated increases in factor level expression and substantial reductions in both bleeds and factor utilization. However, clinical trial participants have demonstrated variable expression in factor levels, including decreases, over time, suggesting in some cases the effect may not last. The consequence of this uncertainty has led to challenging discussions on value and reimbursement. In most national healthcare systems, the relatively high cost of paying for GT on a one-off basis may be prohibitive, resulting in a lack of access and less post-marketing data generated, ultimately keeping these performance uncertainties high for payers. Economic models have demonstrated the cost-effectiveness of GT in haemophilia based on current clinical trial inputs, but it is in the certainty of these inputs and concomitant budget impacts where the lack of available data will be a concern for payers. To overcome the 'chicken and egg' discussion in relation to reimbursement and data, GT will necessitate new pricing and reimbursement models that share the risk between the manufacturer and the payer. New models have been described for other conditions. The aim of this paper is to propose illustrative concepts of haemophilia reimbursement models that may be further considered in the assessment of a less predictable therapeutic such as GT.

Keratin is a fibrous and recalcitrant structural protein and the third most abundant polymer in nature after cellulose and chitin. Subtilisin-like proteases (SUB) are a group of serine endoproteases, coded by seven genes (SUB1-7), which decompose keratin structures and have been isolated from dermatophytes. Herein, we identified the SUB genes in 30 clinical isolates of Trichophyton verrucosum obtained from human and animal dermatophytosis as well as asymptomatic animal carriers.

We designed and proposed a two-stage multiplex PCR technique to detect all seven genes encoding serine proteases in dermatophytes. The analysis revealed the presence SUB1 and SUB2 amplicons in all strains regardless of the host. In the group of isolates obtained from humans, all seven subtilisin genes were shown in 40% of the strains. In T. verrucosum from asymptomatic animals, none of the isolates showed the presence of all seven subtilisin genes, and only 30% had six genes. In turn, 10% of the isolates from symptomatic animals dtions. Indeed, a biological characteristic of dermatophytes is their ability to invade keratin-rich tissues by producing enzymes. Various degrees of inflammatory responses can be induced exactly by the enzymes. Subtilisin-like proteases are endoproteases, which decompose keratin structures. Our study identifies SUB genes in clinical isolates of T. verrucosum obtained from human and animal dermatophytosis as well as asymptomatic animal carriers.Presently, there is an explosion in various uses of platelet-rich plasma (PRP). Several trials comparing combination therapy with PRP vs monotherapy for vitiligo have been published. However, evidence-based information is not enough for making well-informed decisions. This study aimed to evaluate several combination therapy strategies for vitiligo. EMBASE, PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and Google Scholar databases were searched to identify randomised controlled trials comparing combination therapy with PRP vs monotherapy for vitiligo. Eleven studies with 670 cases were included. Compared with monotherapy, clinical improvement of repigmentation was significantly higher in 308-nm excimer laser combined with PRP (odds rate for response rate of 50%-100% repigmentation, 4.47; 95% CI, 2.47-8.10; P  less then  .00001) and in fractional carbon dioxide laser combined with PRP (mean difference for mean improvement grades of repigmentation, 1.61; 95% CI, 0.24-2.99; P = .02), respectively. Compared to monotherapy, there is no higher clinical improvement in strategies of PRP combined with narrowband-ultraviolet B or non-cultured epidermal cell suspension. Trivial adverse events were reported. This meta-analysis summarises current evidence that PRP combined with 308-nm excimer laser or fractional carbon dioxide laser is effective and safe for vitiligo. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of several combination therapy strategies with PRP in the treatment of vitiligo. The response rate of repigmentation and mean improvement grades of repigmentation were mainly used for qualitative assessment. PRP combined with 308-nm excimer laser or fractional carbon dioxide laser is effective and safe for vitiligo due to its healing and regenerative properties.Described here is a titanocene-catalyzed reaction for the synthesis of acetals and hemiaminals from benzylic ethers and benzylic amines, respectively, with pendant epoxides. The reaction proceeds by catalysis in single-electron steps. The oxidative addition comprises an epoxide opening. An H-atom transfer, to generate a benzylic radical, serves as a radical translocation step, and an organometallic oxygen rebound as a reductive elimination. The reaction mechanism was studied by high-level dispersion corrected hybrid functional DFT with implicit solvation. The low-energy conformational space was searched by the efficient CREST program. The stereoselectivity was deduced from the lowest lying benzylic radical structures and their conformations are controlled by hyperconjugative interactions and steric interactions between the titanocene catalyst and the aryl groups of the substrate. An interesting mechanistic aspect is that the oxidation of the benzylic center occurs under reducing conditions.