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UnknownSafety of the PCSK9 inhibitor alirocumab: insights from 47 296 patient-years of observation.
The ODYSSEY OUTCOMES trial, comprising over 47 000 patient-years of placebo-controlled observation, demonstrated important reductions in the risk of recurrent ischaemic cardiovascular events with the monoclonal antibody to proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 alirocumab, as well as lower al...
S-EPMC11249957 | biostudies-literature
UnknownRandomized Trial of BCG Vaccine to Protect against Covid-19 in Health Care Workers.

Background

The bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine has immunomodulatory "off-target" effects that have been hypothesized to protect against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

Methods

In this international, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we randomly assigned health care wo...
S-EPMC10497190 | biostudies-literature
UnknownBacille Calmette-Guerin vaccination to prevent febrile and respiratory illness in adults (BRACE): secondary outcomes of a randomised controlled phase 3 trial.

Background

Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination has off-target (non-specific) effects that are associated with protection against unrelated infections and decreased all-cause mortality in infants. We aimed to determine whether BCG vaccination prevents febrile and respiratory infections ...
S-EPMC11106519 | biostudies-literature
UnknownRecurrent emergence of SARS-CoV-2 spike deletion H69/V70 and its role in the Alpha variant B.1.1.7.
We report severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike ΔH69/V70 in multiple independent lineages, often occurring after acquisition of receptor binding motif replacements such as N439K and Y453F, known to increase binding affinity to the ACE2 receptor and confer antibody escape...
S-EPMC8185188 | biostudies-literature
UnknownBacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccination for protection against recurrent herpes labialis: a nested randomised controlled trial.

Background

Recurrences of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in the orofacial region (herpes labialis or cold sores) impact quality-of-life. We aimed to study whether the bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine can attenuate cold sore recurrences through off-target immunomodulatory effects.

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S-EPMC10500555 | biostudies-literature
UnknownEvaluation of appendicitis risk prediction models in adults with suspected appendicitis.

Background

Appendicitis is the most common general surgical emergency worldwide, but its diagnosis remains challenging. The aim of this study was to determine whether existing risk prediction models can reliably identify patients presenting to hospital in the UK with acute right iliac fossa ...
S-EPMC6972511 | biostudies-literature
UnknownGWAS and meta-analysis identifies 49 genetic variants underlying critical COVID-19.
Critical illness in COVID-19 is an extreme and clinically homogeneous disease phenotype that we have previously shown1 to be highly efficient for discovery of genetic associations2. Despite the advanced stage of illness at presentation, we have shown that host genetics in patie...
S-EPMC10208981 | biostudies-literature
UnknownTherapeutic Anticoagulation with Heparin in Noncritically Ill Patients with Covid-19.

Background

Thrombosis and inflammation may contribute to the risk of death and complications among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). We hypothesized that therapeutic-dose anticoagulation may improve outcomes in noncritically ill patients who are hospitalized with Covid-19.
S-EPMC8362594 | biostudies-literature
UnknownValidation of the OAKS prognostic model for acute kidney injury after gastrointestinal surgery.

Background

Postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of major gastrointestinal surgery with an impact on short- and long-term survival. No validated system for risk stratification exists for this patient group. This study aimed to validate externally a prognostic model...
S-EPMC8855527 | biostudies-literature
UnknownTransforming jet flavour tagging at ATLAS.
Jet flavour tagging enables the identification of jets originating from heavy-flavour quarks in proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider, playing a critical role in its physics programmes. This paper presents GN2, a transformer-based flavour tagging algorithm deployed by the ATLAS Colla...
S-EPMC12804921 | biostudies-literature
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