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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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About: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is a nonprofit organization based out in Cape Town, South Africa. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Transplantation. The organization has 12322 authors who have published 30954 publications receiving 2288772 citations. The organization is also known as: Fred Hutch & The Hutch.
Topics: Population, Transplantation, Cancer, Breast cancer, Prostate cancer
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TL;DR: The current concepts of the immediate events that follow viral exposure at genital mucosal sites where most documented transmissions occur are reviewed.
Abstract: For more than two decades, HIV has infected millions of people worldwide each year through mucosal transmission. Our knowledge of how HIV secures a foothold at both the molecular and cellular levels has been expanded by recent investigations that have applied new technologies and used improved techniques to isolate ex vivo human tissue and generate in vitro cellular models, as well as more relevant in vivo animal challenge systems. Here, we review the current concepts of the immediate events that follow viral exposure at genital mucosal sites where most documented transmissions occur. Furthermore, we discuss the gaps in our knowledge that are relevant to future studies, which will shape strategies for effective HIV prevention.
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TL;DR: In an analysis of 31,717 cancer cases and 26,136 cancer-free controls from 13 genome-wide association studies, this paper observed large chromosomal abnormalities in a subset of clones in DNA obtained from blood or buccal samples.
Abstract: In an analysis of 31,717 cancer cases and 26,136 cancer-free controls from 13 genome-wide association studies, we observed large chromosomal abnormalities in a subset of clones in DNA obtained from blood or buccal samples. We observed mosaic abnormalities, either aneuploidy or copy-neutral loss of heterozygosity, of >2 Mb in size in autosomes of 517 individuals (0.89%), with abnormal cell proportions of between 7% and 95%. In cancer-free individuals, frequency increased with age, from 0.23% under 50 years to 1.91% between 75 and 79 years (P = 4.8 × 10(-8)). Mosaic abnormalities were more frequent in individuals with solid tumors (0.97% versus 0.74% in cancer-free individuals; odds ratio (OR) = 1.25; P = 0.016), with stronger association with cases who had DNA collected before diagnosis or treatment (OR = 1.45; P = 0.0005). Detectable mosaicism was also more common in individuals for whom DNA was collected at least 1 year before diagnosis with leukemia compared to cancer-free individuals (OR = 35.4; P = 3.8 × 10(-11)). These findings underscore the time-dependent nature of somatic events in the etiology of cancer and potentially other late-onset diseases.
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TL;DR: The most widely cited reason for the global increase in breast cancer is the “Westernization” of the developing world, and Peggy Porter discusses the increasing incidence of breast cancer in lower-income countries.
Abstract: Some 45% of the new cases of breast cancer diagnosed each year, and more than 55% of breast-cancer–related deaths, occur in low- and middle-income countries. Dr. Peggy Porter writes that the most widely cited reason for the global increase in breast cancer is the “Westernization” of the developing world. Dr. Peggy Porter discusses the increasing incidence of breast cancer in lower-income countries and the need for improved data, awareness, screening, and standards of care. Dr. Porter is a cancer biology researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and a professor of pathology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
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TL;DR: A multiplex PCR with a mixture of primers targeting the rearranged variable and joining segments to capture receptor diversity is applied to a multiplex T cell receptor gamma sequencing assay and can be extended to any adaptive immune locus.
Abstract: Immunosequencing enables cost-effective sequencing of repertoires of immune cells, but it often suffers from amplification biases when attempting cell quantification. Here, the authors present a powerful multiplex PCR assay that allows for quantitative and unbiased analysis of frequency of different T cell receptors.
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University of Washington1, University of the Witwatersrand2, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center3, FHI 3604, National Institutes of Health5, South African Medical Research Council6, University of Zimbabwe7, Makerere University8, Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa9, University of Cape Town10, University of Pittsburgh11, Johns Hopkins University12, RTI International13, University of California, San Francisco14, Population Council15
TL;DR: A monthly vaginal ring containing dapivirine reduced the risk of HIV-1 infection among African women, with increased efficacy in subgroups with evidence of increased adherence.
Abstract: (ed from N Engl J Med 2016; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1506110)The objective of this study was to examine the efficacy of dapivirine vaginal rings in providing protection against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). HIV-1 infection incidence is one of the highest in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Walter C. Willett | 334 | 2399 | 413322 |
Robert Langer | 281 | 2324 | 326306 |
Meir J. Stampfer | 277 | 1414 | 283776 |
JoAnn E. Manson | 270 | 1819 | 258509 |
David J. Hunter | 213 | 1836 | 207050 |
Peer Bork | 206 | 697 | 245427 |
Eric Boerwinkle | 183 | 1321 | 170971 |
Ruedi Aebersold | 182 | 879 | 141881 |
Bruce M. Psaty | 181 | 1205 | 138244 |
Aaron R. Folsom | 181 | 1118 | 134044 |
David Baker | 173 | 1226 | 109377 |
Frederick W. Alt | 171 | 577 | 95573 |
Lily Yeh Jan | 162 | 467 | 73655 |
Yuh Nung Jan | 162 | 460 | 74818 |
Charles N. Serhan | 158 | 728 | 84810 |