Objective: To assess whether there is evidence that randomized controlled trials are
systematically beneficial, or harmful, for patients. In other words, is there a “trial effect”? If so, to …

In this review, the strategies being employed to exploit the inherent durability of biofilms and
the diverse nutrient cycling of the microbiome for bioremediation are explored. Focus will be …

In most randomised controlled trials, individual patients are randomised to a treatment or
control group, but sometimes this is undesirable or even impossible and groups (clusters) of …

Interleukin-17A (IL-17A) is a major mediator of tissue inflammation in many autoimmune
diseases. Anti-IL-17A is an effective treatment for psoriasis and is showing promise in clinical …

Methods To find out what patients, the general public, and healthcare professionals thought
about trials, we undertook a review of the ethics of randomised controlled trials from these …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Globally 387 million people currently have diabetes and it
is projected that this condition will be the 7th leading cause of death worldwide by 2030. As …

Background Few studies have compared the prognostic value of tumor characteristics by type
of breast cancer diagnosed in the interval between mammographic screenings with screen…

Healthcare professionals, including doctors, pharmacists and nurses, are often confronted
with patients who use over-the-counter (OTC) herbal medicinal products and food …

IL-17A–producing γδ T cells in mice consist primarily of Vγ6+ tissue-resident cells and Vγ4+
circulating cells. How these γδ T cell subsets are regulated during homeostasis and cancer …

Sexual assault is a problem on many college campuses, and many researchers have
conducted studies assessing the prevalence of sexual assault perpetration and intentions to be …