Mayo Clinic in Florida

Global Transcriptional Differences in Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm-Associated Genes in a brpR Mutant Compared to Wild-Type Strain

Background: Staphylococcus aureus causes bloodstream and skin infections in humans. The prevalence of multidrug-resistant S. aureus strains means new antibiotics are needed. A novel antimicrobial drug named SK-03-92, a synthetic aromatic organic stilbenoid compound, kills S. aure...

Adolescent-Centered Cannabis Messaging in Clinical Settings: Preliminary Qualitative Insights From Adolescents for Clinicians

BACKGROUND: Youth-directed cannabis messaging is often generic, adult-centered, and does not reflect contemporary patterns of cannabis use. This study examined adolescents' perceptions of cannabis-related messaging and identified messaging strategies they find relevant. METHODS:...

Comparative value of growth velocity and umbilical artery Doppler for the prediction of adverse perinatal outcomes in growth‐restricted pregnancies

Abstract Introduction Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is associated with an increased risk of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Current diagnostic criteria for FGR do not discriminate between constitutionally small and pathologically restricted fetuses. Following FGR diagnosis, um...

In vitro evaluation of vancomycin-loaded Marlex mesh against staphylococci isolated from periprosthetic joint infection

Aims Extensor mechanism disruption is a major complication following total knee arthroplasty, with treatment often consisting of extensor mechanism reconstruction utilizing monofilament polypropylene mesh (Marlex mesh, C. R. Bard, Inc). Infection following this procedure is devas...

Platelet Reactivity and Sex Differences: Clinical Implications for Women

Platelets are central to hemostasis and thrombosis. Excessive platelet activation contributes to arterial thrombotic events, including myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, and complications of peripheral artery disease, whereas excessive platelet inhibition increases bleeding...

CONRep: Uncertainty-Aware Vision-Language Report Drafting Using Conformal Prediction

The objective of this study is to quantify uncertainty in vision-language model (VLM)-based automated radiology report drafting (ARRD) to support trustworthy clinical deployment. In this study, we developed CONRep in two settings: label-based and sentence-based. In the label-base...

Multidimensional Experimental Characterization of Lumbar Spinal Deformity

PURPOSE: Spinal deformities and motions of the spinal joints are rarely confined to a single anatomical plane. Yet diagnosis of such deformities and characterizations of their biomechanical behavior under load are often limited to two-dimensional methods of analysis. This study p...

The Effect of Antenatal Paracetamol on Breathing Effort of Premature Infants at Birth: A Feasibility Trial

Background: Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) suppresses perinatal breathing. Reducing antenatal PGE2 concentrations with paracetamol could stimulate spontaneous breathing in premature infants at birth. We aimed to assess feasibility and potential effects of antenatal paracetamol. Methods:...

Polymeric nanoparticle-mediated siRNA delivery into primary human bronchial airway cells

Small interfering RNAs (siRNA) are powerful tools to target cellular protein expression, making them promising candidates for therapeutic applications. siRNA-based approaches to target detrimental mechanisms in airway diseases such as asthma and COPD are highly appealing. However...

Corpus callosum fractional anisotropy from routine diffusion tensor imaging predicts dementia in older adults beyond clinical risk factors

Dementia arises from multifactorial neurodegenerative processes, with growing evidence implicating blood-brain barrier dysfunction, neuroinflammation, and vascular injury as contributors to progressive brain tissue damage. Because decline in white matter microstructural integrity...

Aflibercept 8 mg in neovascular age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular oedema: Translating clinical trials into clinical practice

Abstract Provide expert-informed guidance on the integration of aflibercept 8 mg into routine clinical care for patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and diabetic macular oedema (DMO), based on clinical trial and real-world evidence. Sixteen retina spe...

Sequential FIB-4–based testing limits detection of fibrotic MASLD despite optimized ELF thresholds

Background: Societal guidance recommends sequential noninvasive testing for metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), using Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) ≥1.3 as a gatekeeper before second-line assessment with the Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) score (<7.7 as a rul...

OntoCodex: a multi-agent biomedical ontology enrichment framework

Ontology enrichment is a critical but labor-intensive step in semantic knowledge representation. To address this challenge, we propose OntoCodex, a multi-agent framework that integrates large language models (LLMs), ontologies, curated knowledge sources, and standard vocabularies...

Risk of Bias Associated with Varying Sampling Strategies for External Comparator Cohorts for Single‐Arm Trials: Insights from Aggressive Lymphoma

Marketing authorizations for oncology drugs are often based on single-arm trials (SATs), and real-world data-based external comparator cohorts (ECCs) are increasingly explored to contextualize results. In retrospective studies, comparators may be identified by time of diagnosis b...

Social and Functional Risk Patterns and All-Cause Mortality Among US Adults with Chronic Liver Disease

Importance: Chronic liver disease requires sustained engagement with the health system, which co-occurring social and functional risks may disrupt. Whether these risks form reproducible patterns with different mortality associations is uncertain. Objective: To identify social and...