BENCHMARKING LOCAL HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS: AVAILABLE BENCHMARKS AND INTERPRETATION CHALLENGES



Pathogenic Prion Protein Isoforms Are Not Present in Cerebral Organoids Generated from Asymptomatic Donors Carrying the E200K Mutation Associated with Familial Prion Disease

Cerebral organoids (COs) are a self-organizing three-dimensional brain tissue mimicking the human cerebral cortex.COs are a promising new system for modelling pathological features of neurological disorders, including prion diseases.COs expressing normal prion protein (PrPC) are susceptible to prion infection when exposed to the disease isoforms of

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Prevalence of hypochondriac symptoms among health science students in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

BackgroundHypochondriac symptoms are commonly reported in health science students.With their incomplete medical knowledge, they may compare their own bodily symptoms with disease symptoms during the process of learning, which can lead to mental distress and the need for repeated medical reassurance.ObjectiveTo estimate the prevalence of hypochondri

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