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Vanessa Smith

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City's bureaucratic error interrupts life-saving care for HIV patients

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By Vanessa Smith
| Chicago Sun-Times Verified
Chicago is in the middle of a quietly unfolding public health crisis. New HIV diagnoses are rising: 818 Chicagoans were newly diagnosed in 2024, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health. That’s a 12.5% increase over 2023 and nearly 30% higher than 2022. The communities bearing the greatest burden are Black and Hispanic Chicagoans on the city’s South and West sides, where structural inequities have long shaped health outcomes.
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Patient-specific alterations in blood plasma cfRNA profiles enable accurate classification of cancer patients and controls - Communications Medicine

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By Annelien Morlion, Philippe Decruyenaere, Jasper Anckaert, Justine Nuytens, Eveline Vanden Eynde, Kimberly Verniers, Celine Everaert, Guy G. Brusselle, Steven Callens, Filomeen Haerynck, Dimitri Hemelsoet, Eric Hoste Verified, Jo Lambert, Nicolaas Lumen, Fritz Offner, Koen Paemeleire, Vanessa Smith, Jo Van Dorpe, Amber Vanhaecke, Hans Van Vlierberghe, An Mariman, Olivier Thas, Jo Vandesompele, Pieter Mestdagh, Kathleen Schoofs, Nickolas Johns Ramirez, Lies Van den Eynde
| Nature Verified
Abstract Circulating nucleic acids in blood plasma form an attractive, minimally invasive resource to study human health and disease. In this study, we aimed to identify cell-free RNA alterations that can distinguish cancer patients from cancer-free individuals. We first performed mRNA capture sequencing on 266 blood plasma samples from cancer patients and controls, including a discovery set of 208 donors across 25 cancer types and a replication set of 58 donors across three cancer types.
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Dynamic macrophage phenotypes in autoimmune and inflammatory rheumatic diseases - Nature Reviews Rheumatology

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By Maurizio Cutolo, Vanessa Smith, Emanuele Gotelli
| Nature Verified
Abstract Macrophages regulate inflammatory and fibrotic processes in several autoimmune and inflammatory rheumatic diseases. They are highly plastic cells, shifting within a range of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory or pro-fibrotic phenotypes in response to dynamic interactions with other cells, environmental factors and cytokine signatures.
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