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An Evaluation Of The Use Of A Clinical Research Data Warehouse And I2b2 Infrastructure To Facilitate Replication Of Research, Bret Gardner
An Evaluation Of The Use Of A Clinical Research Data Warehouse And I2b2 Infrastructure To Facilitate Replication Of Research, Bret Gardner
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Replication of clinical research is requisite for forming effective clinical decisions and guidelines. While rerunning a clinical trial may be unethical and prohibitively expensive, the adoption of EHRs and the infrastructure for distributed research networks provide access to clinical data for observational and retrospective studies. Herein I demonstrate a means of using these tools to validate existing results and extend the findings to novel populations. I describe the process of evaluating published risk models as well as local data and infrastructure to assess the replicability of the study. I use an example of a risk model unable to be replicated …
Defining The Radioresponse Of Mossy Cells, Devon Ivy
Defining The Radioresponse Of Mossy Cells, Devon Ivy
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Clinical radiotherapy is used to treat a variety of brain tumors within the central nervous system. While effective, it can result in progressive and debilitating cognitive impairment that can diminish quality of life. These impairments have been linked to hippocampal dysfunction and corresponding deficits in spatial learning and memory. Mossy cells are a major population of excitatory neurons located within the dentate hilus and highly involved in hippocampal circuitry. They play critical roles in spatial navigation, neurogenesis, memory, and are particularly vulnerable to a variety of neurotoxic insults. However, their sensitivity to ionizing radiation has yet to be investigated in …