Epithelial cancers in the post-genomic era: should we reconsider our lifestyle?

Occult thyroid carcinoma in our experience -- should we reconsider total thyroidectomy for benign thyroid pathology?

BACKGROUND The reported incidence rate of occult thyroid carcinoma in patients operated for benign thyroid pathology has been much higher than expected in the last years,especially for multinodular goitre, which raises the question about which should the proper surgical management for these cases be. AIM To assess the incidence rate of OTC in a single medium volume surgical center and to esta...

5G Technology: Why Should We Expect a shift from RF-Induced Brain Cancers to Skin Cancers?

Crystallography in the post-genomic era

X-ray crystallography is the most powerful technique to determine the three-dimensional structure of proteins. Several steps are required to solve the structure of proteins including cloning and expression of the gene, protein purification, crystallization, X-rays diffraction, data collection and structure determination. The vast amount of data generated by genomic studies has accelerated the d...

Diets for patients with chronic kidney disease, should we reconsider?

Here we revisit how dietary factors could affect the treatment of patients with complications of chronic kidney disease (CKD), bringing to the attention of the reader the most recent developments in the field. We will briefly discuss five CKD-induced complications that are substantially improved by dietary manipulation: 1) metabolic acidosis and the progression of CKD; 2) improving the diet to ...

Bioinformatics in the post-genomic era.

Recent years saw a dramatic increase in genomic and proteomic data in public archives. Now with the complete genome sequences of human and other species in hand, detailed analyses of the genome sequences will undoubtedly improve our understanding of biological systems and at the same time require sophisticated bioinformatic tools. Here we review what computational challenges are ahead and what ...