NOVEL RECURRENT CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATIONS DETECTED IN CLONAL PLASMA CELLS OF LIGHT CHAIN AMYLOIDOSIS PATIENTS SHOW POTENTIAL ADVERSE PROGNOSTIC EFFECT: FIRST RESULTS FROM A GENOME-WIDE COPY NUMBER ARRAY ANALYSIS

Novel recurrent chromosomal aberrations detected in clonal plasma cells of light chain amyloidosis patients show potential adverse prognostic effect: first results from a genome-wide copy number array analysis

Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis is a rare plasma cell dyscrasia characterized by the deposition of abnormal amyloid fibrils in multiple organs, thus impairing their function.In the largest cohort studied up to now of 118 CD138-purified plasma cell samples from previously untreated immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis patients, we asse

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Detection of sexually transmitted infections among transvestites and transsexual women in prison in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the seropositivity rate of rapid tests for HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B and C among transvestites and transgender women (transfeminine persons) inmates in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, analyzing the results based on sociodemographic, prison profile and access to health technologies to prevent sexually t

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Implications of the EFSA Scientific Opinion on Site Directed Nucleases 1 and 2 for Risk Assessment of Genome-Edited Plants in the EU

Genome editing is a set of techniques for introducing targeted changes in genomes.It may be achieved by enzymes collectively called site-directed nucleases (SDN).Site-specificity of SDNs is provided either by the DNA binding fsu headband domain of the protein molecule itself or by RNA molecule(s) that direct SDN to a specific site in the genome.In

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