Strabismus “squint eyes” is a common disorder presenting in about 2% of children born each year. While there are several causes to this presentation, we demonstrated presentation caused by Peripheral nerve neuropathies,...
Obesity and metabolic dysfunction negatively impacts many tissues, including the skeleton. Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 2 (CaMKK2) is a serine/threonine protein kinase and key regulator of whole-body...
Patel, Sheel, Bello, Margaret , Warrick, Adam , Sankar, Uma, Robling, Alexander , Thompson, William, Shutter, Jennifer , Bellido, Teresita , and Williams, Justin
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There is a need for anabolic therapies to treat degenerative bone
diseases. Mechanical loading stimulates anabolic and inhibits
catabolic pathways of bone leading to increased bone formation.
Osteocytes are the bone cell...
Sundaram, Chandru, Kondo, Tsunenori, Patel, Rushi, and Bahler, Clinton
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Purpose: Partial nephrectomies by their nature are associated with renal volume loss. Our goal from this study is to examine renal volume loss over time post partial nephrectomy.
Material and Methods: Fifty patients were...
Correlations exist between undergraduate GPA,
MCAT, and COMLEX-USA Level 1 scores as well as
between course grades and overall COMLEX score
(Wong et al. 2009 & Sefcik et al. 2003).
• Longitudinal reports on ProgressIQ...
Tauscher, Markus , Segar, Rachel , and Tauscher, Zenaida
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Background: A patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a common diagnosis among
extremely preterm infants. Unfortunately, this left to right shunt may result in
significant complications including pulmonary edema, pulmonary...
Why do neurocognitive disorders persist in people living with HIV while taking combination antiretroviral therapy
(cART)?
• The brain is a known reservoir for HIV.
• HIV can act on myeloid cell populations like...
Atlantoaxial instability (AAI) is a term that is used to describe instability at the atlantoaxial joint of the cervical spine. This is often from alar ligament instability causing the dens of the axis to be prone to move...
Sendatch, Julia, Lehman, Marcie, St. John, Heidi, Farris, Christina, Natalia, Nishi, Luce-Fedrow, Alison, and Stewart, Richard
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Ticks have been widely studied for their importance in disease transmission. In
Pennsylvania, four different ticks (associated with human diseases) are commonly
encountered: (1) Dermacentor variabilis (Rocky Mountain Spotted...
Ahmad, Azeem, Lisek, Nicole, Medernach, Kevin, and Akbar, Samina
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The dramatic increase in the prevalence of antibiotic resistant (AR) genes
in numerous bacterial species has been a heavily discussed topic within
the scientific community. Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a serious
threat...