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Tumor Antigens

Tumor antigen is an antigenic substance produced in tumor cells, i.e., it triggers an immune response in the host. Tumor antigens are useful in identifying tumor cells and are potential candidates f...

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a chronic, life-threatening disorder characterized by abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries between the heart and lungs of an affected individual. T...

Biopharmaceuticals - news, views, blogs and reports

Biopharmaceuticals are medical drugs (see pharmacology) produced using biotechnology. They include proteins (including antibodies), nucleic acids (DNA, RNA or antisense oligonucleotides) and living...

Adhesives and Sealants Industry Harmonizes Classification Manual

Three of the leading trade associations representing the adhesives and sealants industry have collaborated to harmonize the industry's classification manual. The 2012 ASC-CATIA-FEICA Adhesives and Sea...

Prognostic Value Of New IASLC/ATS/ERS Adenocarcinoma Sub-Classification Confirmed By Study

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), the American Thoracic Society (ATS), and the European Respiratory Society (ERS), have proposed a new sub-classification of lung aden...

Effect of formal training in scaling, scoring and classification of the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury

Kidney Disease Classification to Include Albuminuria

The updated classification system is intended to provide more accurate prognostic information for patients and physicians. Medscape Medical News

New classification system means a fairer competition for Paralympians

An exercise scientist from The University of Queensland is leading the development of a new classification system for assessing impairments [...]

ASAS Classification Criteria for Spondyloarthritis

The new classification criteria for spondyloarthritis may lead to earlier and more effective diagnosis and treatment. International Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Classification of Vulvar Dermatological Disorders

How could appropriate terminology and classification help clinicians to better understand and diagnose vulvar dermatologic disorders? Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Paediatric rheumatic disease: Classification warfare

In the absence of definitive diagnostic tests, several schemes for the classification of paediatric vasculitis have been devised and periodically updated, but are these revisions necessary and useful?

Classification models for neocryptolepine derivatives as inhibitors of the β-haematin formation.

This paper describes the construction of a QSAR model to relate the structures of various derivatives of neocryptolepine to their anti-malarial activities. QSAR classification models were build using...

Is overall similarity classification less effortful than single-dimension classification?

It is sometimes argued that the implementation of an overall similarity classification is less effortful than the implementation of a single-dimension classification. In the current article, we argue...

Classification of Organic Solvents Revisited by Using the COSMO-RS Approach.

A new approach for the classification of solvents is proposed, based solely on the solvent molecular structure and relying on the "COnductor-like Screening MOdel for Real Solvents" (COSMO-RS), in whic...

Accuracy and cut-off point selection in three-class classification problems using a generalization of the Youden index.

We study properties of the index J(3), defined as the accuracy, or the maximum correct classification, for a given three-class classification problem. Specifically, using J(3) one can assess the discr...

Current classification systems for adult degenerative scoliosis.

At present, a big effort of the scientific community has been directed toward a more proper and standardized approach to the patients affected by degenerative scoliosis, and recent attention has turne...