Use of a very low carbohydrate diet for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes: An audit by Mariela Glandt, Nir Y. Ailon, Slava Berger, David Unwin

“…Background: Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is viewed as a progressive chronic condition, yet recent research has raised hopes for reversal of this trajectory through innovative approaches. …”
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In Silico Target Prediction of Overexpressed microRNAs from LPS-Challenged Zebrafish (<i>Danio rerio</i>) Treated with the Novel Anti-Inflammatory Peptide <i>Tn</i>P by Geonildo R. Disner, Maria A. P. Falcão, Carla Lima, Monica Lopes-Ferreira

“…Together, these findings not only provide new insights into the miRNAs mode of action but also raise hope for <i>Tn</i>P therapy and may direct future experimental investigations.…”
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of influenza vaccine immunization among primary healthcare providers in Dubai health authority, 2016-2017 by Lateefa Mohamed AlMarzooqi, Anfal Ali AlMajidi, Abeer Abdulrahim AlHammadi, Noura AlAli, Hamda Hassan Khansaheb

“…Overall, the study results raise hope of prospective increase in vaccination through educational and technical interventions and by increasing physician involvement. …”
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Type 1 diabetes pathogenesis - Prevention??? by C S Muralidhara Krishna, S Srikanta

“…These unique pathobiological phenomena, suggest that beta cell destruction may not always be inexorable and inevitably complete/total, and thus raise hopes for possible therapeutic interruption of beta cell autoimmunity - destruction and cure of type 1 diabetes. …”
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The possible trajectories for Indonesia's defence industry in the TNI's minimum essential force strategy : the tortoise or the hare? by Chia, Win-son.

“…This bright start has raised hopes that the Indonesian defence industry would be able to achieve autarky, as evidenced by comments from Indonesian Defence Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro in May 2011 that Indonesia would be able to produce most of its weapon systems by 2030. …”
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Immunotherapy in Corticotroph and Lactotroph Aggressive Tumors and Carcinomas: Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature by Camille Duhamel, Mirela Diana Ilie, Henri Salle, Adjoa Sika Nassouri, Stephan Gaillard, Elise Deluche, Richard Assaker, Laurent Mortier, Christine Cortet, Gérald Raverot

“…Recently, the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has raised hope, but so far, only one corticotroph carcinoma and one aggressive corticotroph tumor treated with immunotherapies have been reported in the literature. …”
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Characterising neural plasticity at the single patient level using connectivity fingerprints by Natalie L. Voets, Oiwi Parker Jones, Rogier B. Mars, Jane E. Adcock, Richard Stacey, Vasileios Apostolopoulos, Puneet Plaha

“…The occurrence of wide-scale neuroplasticity in the injured human brain raises hopes for biomarkers to guide personalised treatment. …”
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Longitudinal analysis of external quality assessment of immunoassay-based steroid hormone measurement indicates potential for improvement in standardization by Laura Vierbaum, Nathalie Weiss, Patricia Kaiser, Marcel Kremser, Folker Wenzel, Folker Wenzel, Mario Thevis, Ingo Schellenberg, Ingo Schellenberg, Peter B. Luppa, Peter B. Luppa

“…The increased accuracy of the AX immunoassay for testosterone measurement, as observed in the INSTAND EQAs between 2020 and 2022, could be the result of a recalibration of the assay and raises hope for further improvement of standardization of immunoassay-based steroid hormone analyses in the coming years.…”
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Acute and Chronic Exposure to Linagliptin, a Selective Inhibitor of Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 (DPP-4), Has an Effect on Dopamine, Serotonin and Noradrenaline Level in the Striatum and... by Małgorzata Łupina, Agnieszka Wąsik, Irena Baranowska-Bosiacka, Maciej Tarnowski, Tymoteusz Słowik, Piotr Listos, Jolanta Kotlińska, Danuta Kosik-Bogacka, Izabela Gutowska, Joanna Listos

“…The recognition of the interactions in the brain between DPP-4 inhibitors and neurotransmitters and/or receptors is a crucial step for finding novel discoveries in the pharmacology of DPP-4 inhibitors and raises hope for further applications of DPP-4 inhibitors in clinical practices.…”
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Anemia of Chronic Diseases: Wider Diagnostics—Better Treatment? by Michał Wiciński, Grzegorz Liczner, Karol Cadelski, Tadeusz Kołnierzak, Magdalena Nowaczewska, Bartosz Malinowski

“…New methods of treating both the underlying disease and anemia are raising hopes. The novel methods are associated not only with supplementing deficiencies, but also with the administration of drugs molecularly targeted to specific proteins or receptors involved in the development of anemia of chronic diseases.…”
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Hands off Trans-Femoral Venous Intra-Abdominal Pressure Estimates in Children: Results of a Sobering Single-Center Study by Miriam Gutting, Lara Klischke, Torsten Kaussen

“…Since intravesical [IVP] and intragastric [IGP] pressure measurements are sometimes contraindicated for anatomical and pathophysiological reasons, FVP raised hopes, especially among pediatricians. Pediatric FVP validation studies have never been published; recent results from adult studies cast doubt on their interchangeability. …”
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Seven gene signature explores the impact of DAAs on the appearance of hepatocellular carcinoma in HCV infected patients by Reham M. Dawood, Mai Abd El-Meguid, Hend Ibrahim Shousha, Ahmed Elsayed, Mohamed Mahmoud Nabeel, Ayman Yosry, Ashraf Abdelaziz, Ghada M. Salum

“…The direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) treatment has raised hopes for reducing the incidence of HCC. However, several scientific debate regarding the impact of DAAs on the occurrence of HCC in patients with cirrhosis. …”
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PSMA-Expression Is Highly Associated with Histological Subtypes of Renal Cell Carcinoma: Potential Implications for Theranostic Approaches by Vinh Ngoc Bui, Lena M. Unterrainer, Matthias Brendel, Sophie C. Kunte, Adrien Holzgreve, Fabian Allmendinger, Peter Bartenstein, Frederick Klauschen, Marcus Unterrainer, Michael Staehler, Stephan Ledderose

“…Recent studies have demonstrated that PSMA is expressed not only in prostate cancer but also in the neovasculature of several solid tumors, which has raised hopes to use PSMA-guided theranostic approaches in other tumor entities, too. …”
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What is the “cost” of reducing adverse pregnancy outcomes in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus - risk factors for perinatal complications in a retrospective cohort of pre... by Luiza Oleszczuk-Modzelewska, Aneta Malinowska-Polubiec, Ewa Romejko-Wolniewicz, Agnieszka Zawiejska, Krzysztof Czajkowski

“…The new diagnostic strategy for GDM, proposed by the International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups in 2010 and World Health Organization in 2013, raised hope to reduce perinatal complications. The purpose of the study was to compare risk factors influencing maternal and foetal outcomes in a group of pregnant women diagnosed with GDM, and in a group of pregnant women without GDM, regardless of the adopted diagnostic criteria. …”
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POTENSI MODAL SOSIAL MASYARAKAT DAERAH PASCA BENCANA DI KABUPATEN PONOROGO (INISIASI MODEL AGUNAN ALTERNATIF BERBASIS MODAL SOSIAL) by Ririn Tr Puspita Ningrum

“…This is because the two sectors have a significant role in the economy. This condition raised hopes for the banking and other financial institutions to make a positive contribution. …”
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Functional and structural MRI based obsessive-compulsive disorder diagnosis using machine learning methods by Fang-Fang Huang, Xiang-Yun Yang, Jia Luo, Xiao-Jie Yang, Fan-Qiang Meng, Peng-Chong Wang, Zhan-Jiang Li

“…Abstract Background The success of neuroimaging in revealing neural correlates of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has raised hopes of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indices to discriminate patients with OCD and the healthy. …”
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Androgen Receptor Status in Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Does It Correlate with Clinicopathological Characteristics? by Dubrava AL, Kyaw PSP, Newman J, Pringle J, Westhuyzen J, La Hera Fuentes G, Shakespeare TP, Sakalkale R, Aherne NJ

“…However, some studies have shown TNBC tumors expressing androgen receptors (AR), raising hopes of its prognostic role.Patients and Methods: This retrospective study investigated the expression of AR in TNBC and its relationship with known patient demographics, tumor and survival characteristics. …”
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Variation in the Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils from Cultivars of <i>Lavandula angustifolia</i> and <i>L.</i> × <i>intermedia</i> by Magdalena Walasek-Janusz, Agnieszka Grzegorczyk, Daniel Zalewski, Anna Malm, Sylwia Gajcy, Robert Gruszecki

“…The antimicrobial properties of essential oil from <i>Lavandula</i> sp. raise hopes related to its use in phytotherapy. This study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of essential oils from cultivars of <i>L. angustifolia</i> (‘Hidcote Blue Strain’, ‘Hidcote Blue’) and <i>L.…”
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Effect of the Size and Shape of Dendronized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Bearing a Targeting Ligand on MRI, Magnetic Hyperthermia, and Photothermia Properties—From Suspension to In Vit... by Barbara Freis, Maria De Los Angeles Ramirez, Céline Kiefer, Sébastien Harlepp, Cristian Iacovita, Céline Henoumont, Christine Affolter-Zbaraszczuk, Florent Meyer, Damien Mertz, Anne Boos, Mariana Tasso, Sonia Furgiuele, Fabrice Journe, Sven Saussez, Sylvie Bégin-Colin, Sophie Laurent

“…MH experiments have proven that the heating power mainly originates from Brownian relaxation and that SAR values can remain high if IONPs are prealigned with a magnet. This raises hope that heating will maintain efficient even in a confined environment, such as in cells or in tumors. …”
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SMAD3 mutation in LDS3 causes bone fragility by impairing the TGF-β pathway and enhancing osteoclastogenesis by Ahmed El-Gazzar, Heeseog Kang, Nadja Fratzl-Zelman, Emma Webb, Aileen M. Barnes, Milena Jovanovic, Sarju G. Mehta, Vipan Datta, Vrinda Saraff, Ryan K. Dale, Frank Rauch, Joan C. Marini, Wolfgang Högler

“…Emerging therapies targeting in the TGF-β/SMAD pathway also raise hope for treatment of LDS3.…”
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