Maintaining the health of seafarers is a difficult task during long-term voyages. Little is known about the corresponding changes in the gut microbiome-host interaction. This study recruited 30 seafarers undertaking a 6-month voyage and analyzed their gut microbiota using 16S rRNA gene sequencing...
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the plasma metabolic profile of patients with extracranial arteriovenous malformations (AVM).
METHOD: Plasma samples were collected from 32 AVM patients and 30 healthy controls (HC). Ultra-high performance liquid c...
This project aims to conduct genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in two anatomically different upper gastrointestinal (UGI) cancer sites in two populations with distinctly different disease rates and genetic profiles. One population has very high rates for both esophageal squamous cel...