Real-time monitoring of the gastrointestinal tract in a safe and comfortable manner is valuable for the diagnosis and therapy of many diseases. Within this realm, our review captures the trends in ingestible capsule systems with a focus on hardware and software technologies used for capsule endoscopy and remote patient monitoring. We introduce the structure and functions of the gastrointestinal tract, and the FDA guidelines for ingestible wireless telemetric medical devices. We survey the advanc...

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Doi:10.34133/2021/9854040

Over the years, several tumor biomarkers have been suggested to foresee the prognosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients. Here, we present a systematic review to identify, evaluate and summarize the evidence for OSCC reported markers. Eligible studies were identified through a literature search of MEDLINE/PubMed until January 2016. We included primary articles reporting overall survival, diseasefree survival and cause specific survival as outcomes. Our findings were analysed using R...

Histology  Dentistry  Oncology  Pathology 

Doi:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.07.003

Background Typhoid fever is an infectious disease of global importance that is caused by Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi). This disease causes an estimated 200,000 deaths per year and remains a serious global health threat. S. Typhi is strictly a human pathogen, and some recovered individuals become long-term carriers who continue to shed the bacteria in their faeces, thus becoming main reservoirs of infection. Results A comparative genomics analysis combined with a ...

Epidemiology  Molecular Biology  Microbiology  Information retrieval  Evolutionary Studies  High Performance Computing  Biotechnology  Genomics  Computational Biology  Genetics  Infectious Diseases  Pathology  Medical Genetics 

Objectives. The literature does not include any comparative study on the eosinophil count in premalignant and malignant cutaneous squamous neoplasias. Our aim was to compare the tissue eosinophilic count in actinic keratosis (AK) and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Methods. The study included 20 AK and 20 invasive SCC patients. Age, gender, and lesion location were retrospectively evaluated as clinical parameters. Histopathological parameters included density of inflammation score, lesi...

Dermatology  Pathology 

Doi:10.18621/eurj.2015.1.3.88

Background: Processing is the next step in the histological process after tissue fixation. There are three methods commonly used for such tissue processing. They are the routine manual, rapid manual and the microwave methods. This study aimed to proceed a simple new manual method in a trial to take the advantages of rapid manual and microwave methods and avoid their disadvantages. Methods: One hundred samples of different tissues and cell blocks were included in this study. They were divided int...

Anatomy & Physiology  Pathology 

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: In recent years the efficacy of BCG vaccine against tuberculosis has been questioned and there is no alternative vaccine available. Several strategies are being applied to get a satisfactory vaccine. Two approaches are generally considered: the subunit vaccines and the whole cell vaccines. The objective of this investigation was to evaluate an avirulent mycobacteria, Mycobacterium habana, as a whole cell vaccine to protect mice from infection of M. tuberculosis H37Rv. M...