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Asst Prof #PrecisionMedicine #IBD #NeuroGI #WomenInGI Co-Lead #GI Online Task Force #CRCPrevention #SoMe Adv @HepatomaRes #DEI #CaNMEDS 🇺🇸🇨🇦 Tweets = mine
May 1, 2022 56 tweets 32 min read
Intestinal Ultrasound
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We will start with normal Normal #IUS #anatomy superficial mucosa (white) ... #IBDtwitter

In ileocecal #Crohn’s disease, typically all bowel wall layers are involved. #IUS shows marked mural thickening, predominantly in the terminal ileum, cecum & appendix can also be involved.

🔗: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… Image
Jul 31, 2021 10 tweets 3 min read
Recurrent Frameshift Neoantigen Vaccine Elicits Protective Immunity With Reduced Tumor Burden and Improved Overall Survival in a Lynch Syndrome Mouse Model #GITwitter
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gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-… frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
Jul 29, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
UECN is likely an important mechanism in development of aneuploid tumors and could be therapeutically targetable.

nature.com/articles/s4158… Aneuploidy renders cancer cells vulnerable to mitotic checkpoint inhibition

nature.com/articles/s4158…
Jul 14, 2021 14 tweets 40 min read