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Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer represent significant health challenges, affecting the digestive system with often subtle symptoms that can delay diagnosis. GI cancers account for a higher global mortality rate than any other cancer, largely due to the limited availability of highly effective treatment options." Due to next-generation sequencing and new preclinical model tools, that we have learned more regarding its pathophysiology and molecular changes. Every molecular subtype has been characterised molecularly and new treatment targets have been found. Furthermore, tumour xenografts and organoids are grown from patients and are increasingly powerful resources for investigating GI patients' genetic evolution, identifying biomarkers, screening drugs, and conducting preclinical evaluations of personalised medicine approaches. Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer research is rapidly evolving, with recent advance-ments in precision medicine and immunotherapy offering new treatment options. Cutting-edge therapies, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors and targeted therapies like BRAF and HER2 inhibitors, are showing promise in treating specific types of GI cancers. These changes are making it possible for the age of precision medicine to use a mix of clinical, genome-based, and phenotype-based methods to diagnose and treat each GI patient individually. Clin-ical trials are exploring novel combinations of therapies to enhance survival rates and reduce side effects for patients with GI cancers, including colorectal, gastric, and pancreatic cancers. These developments are reshaping the future of gastrointestinal oncology. The purpose of this review is to study the current state of knowledge about predictive biomarkers, prospective novel targeted treatments, potential causes of conflicting trial outcomes, and the prospects for precision medicine in gastric cancer in the future.
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J Med Microbiol
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Alberta Precision Laboratories Public Health Lab, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
For thousands of years, parasitic infections have represented a constant challenge to human health. Despite constant progress in science and medicine, the challenge has remained mostly unchanged over the years, partly due to the vast complexity of the host-parasite-environment relationships. Over the last century, our approaches to these challenges have evolved through considerable advances in science and technology, offering new and better solutions.
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Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States.
Retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4), the circulating carrier of retinol, complexes with transthyretin (TTR) and is a potential biomarker of cardiometabolic disease. However, RBP4 quantitation relies on immunoassays and Western blots without retinol and TTR measurement. A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for the simultaneous absolute quantitation of circulating RBP4 and TTR is critical to establishing their biomarker potential.
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September 2025
Denovo Biopharma LLC, San Diego, California.
Importance: This study represents a first successful use of a genetic biomarker to select potential responders in a prospective study in psychiatry. Liafensine, a triple reuptake inhibitor, may become a new precision medicine for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), a major unmet medical need.
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Metab Brain Dis
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Department of Pharmacy, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, No. 1277, Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, Hubei, 430022, China.
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Department of Diabetology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
This review article, developed by the EASD Global Council, addresses the growing global challenges in diabetes research and care, highlighting the rising prevalence of diabetes, the increasing complexity of its management and the need for a coordinated international response. With regard to research, disparities in funding and infrastructure between high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are discussed. The under-representation of LMIC populations in clinical trials, challenges in conducting large-scale research projects, and the ethical and legal complexities of artificial intelligence integration are also considered as specific issues.
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