A Case Report of Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Under Peritoneal Dialysis With Cyst Infection and Culture-Positive Peritoneal Fluid

Background: Cyst infection is a complication sometimes seen in patients with autosomal dominant Knives polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and often shows through a positive blood culture.However, there have been no reports of ADPKD patients whose cyst infection propagate to peritoneal fluid leading to positive peritoneal fluid culture.Case presentat

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Malpractice Litigation in Ophthalmic Trauma

Stephanie B Engelhard,1 Sherveen S Salek,2 Grant A Justin,3 Austin J Sim,4 Fasika A Woreta,5 Ashvini K Reddy6,7 1Department of Ophthalmology, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA; 2Department of Ophthalmology, Kaiser Permanente Washington, Silverdale, WA, USA; 3Department of Ophthalmology, Brooke Army Medical Cente

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PCaAnalyser: a 2D-image analysis based module for effective determination of prostate cancer progression in 3D culture.

Three-dimensional (3D) in vitro cell based assays for Prostate Cancer (PCa) research are rapidly becoming the preferred alternative to that of conventional 2D monolayer cultures.3D assays more precisely mimic the microenvironment found in vivo, and thus are ideally suited to evaluate compounds and their suitability for progression in the drug disco

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