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The BSSPD 2025 debate: sustainability of dentistry and prosthodontics – is this an emergency?

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By Peter Briggs, Jennifer Gallagher, Nick Barker, Eddie Crouch, Nicolas Martin Verified, Sana Movahedi, Shiyana Eliyas
| Nature Verified
Abstract Background Twenty-first century dentistry in first world countries should be based on sound evidence-based prevention and timely access to relevant dental care, but is not the picture currently portrayed of dentistry within the UK, by and for the key players involved (e.g., patients/public, government/commissioners, National Health Service, contract providers and performer workforce).
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Tracing colon cancer to its stem cell roots

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By Nick Barker, Maxime Gasnier
| research.a-star.edu.sg
Thanks to over two centuries of biomedical research, a cancer diagnosis carries less foreboding weight than it once did. Yet, even the most treatable cancer types are life-threatening if caught too late. With colorectal cancer (CRC), detection remains a challenge: CRC can start in hard-to-reach parts of the colon, making it more difficult to diagnose or study without resorting to invasive endoscopic procedures.
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Ligand-dependent Wnt signaling promotes gastric cancer metastasis through hyaluronan expression in microenvironment

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By Yuichiro Furutani, Hiroko Oshima, Chang Pyo Hong, SeonJu Choi, Ryosuke Machi, Mizuho Nakayama, Kazuhiro Murakami, Shintaro Yagi, Yukinobu Ito, Daichi Maeda, Noriyuki Inaki, Nick Barker, Masanobu Oshima
| Nature Verified
Abstract The majority of gastric cancer cells proliferate in a Wnt ligand-dependent manner. To investigate this, we generated mice harboring Kras, Tgfbr2, and Trp53 (KTP) as well as with the same mutations plus Wnt1 expression (WKTP) in gastric mucosa. While KTP mice develop gastric metaplasia, WKTP mice develop dysplastic tumors, highlighting the role of ligand-dependent Wnt signaling in primary tumorigenesis.
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