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The future of incretins in the treatment of obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
In the last few decades, glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonists have changed current guidelines and improved outcomes for individuals with type 2 diabetes. However, the dual glucose-dependent insul...
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Open AccessA Pharmacological and Clinical Overview of Oral Semaglutide for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
Oral semaglutide (Rybelsus®) is a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) with 94% homology to human GLP-1. It is the first GLP-1RA developed for oral administration, and it comprises a co-form...
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Open AccessThe association between Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination (1331 SSI) skin reaction and subsequent scar development in infants
The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine (BCG) against tuberculosis is administered intradermally, and vaccination is often followed by a scar at the injection site. Among BCG-vaccinated individuals, having a scar...
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Open AccessAfri-Can Forum 2
A1 Introduction to the 2nd synchronicity forum of GHRI/CHVI-funded Canadian and African HIV prevention and vaccine teams
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Open AccessEarly BCG vaccine to low-birth-weight infants and the effects on growth in the first year of life: a randomised controlled trial
Randomised trials have shown that early Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine reduces overall neonatal and infant mortality. However, no study has examined how BCG affects growth. We investigated the effect on...
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Open AccessNeonatal vitamin A supplementation associated with a cluster of deaths and poor early growth in a randomised trial among low-birth-weight boys of vitamin A versus oral polio vaccine at birth
The effect of oral polio vaccine administered already at birth (OPV0) on child survival was not examined before being recommended in 1985. Observational data suggested that OPV0 was harmful for boys, and trial...
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Urine suPAR Levels Compared with Plasma suPAR Levels as Predictors of Post-consultation Mortality Risk Among Individuals Assumed to be TB-negative: A Prospective Cohort Study
Plasma levels of the inflammatory biomarker soluble urokinase plasminogen activator (suPAR) have been shown to carry prognostic information in various infectious and inflammatory diseases. The present study ai...