Triple inhalers for obstructive airways disease: will they be useful?

How Useful Will Functional Proteomics Data Be?

Large-scale protein interaction maps are, with gene expression profiles, among the first examples of data sets generated without specific knowledge on functions of genes. These are technology-driven experiments rather than hypothesis-driven experiments. They are valuable tools for protein function prediction, despite the occurrence of typical artifacts. These approaches are still in their early...

District general managers: who will they be?

Twelve of the 14 English regions have now appointed a general manager: a nurse, two treasurers, a medical administrator, and eight administrators. The next step in the process is to appoint district general managers. Many districts jumped the gunthey probably did not realise that there was going to be a formal start-and have interviewed and designated (some privately) their general manager. The...

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Will they come and will they stay?

Serum periostin in obstructive airways disease

Serum periostin is a potential biomarker of response to therapies that target type 2 inflammation in asthma. The objectives of this study were to describe: 1) the distribution of serum periostin levels in adults with symptomatic airflow obstruction; 2) its relationship with other variables, including type 2 biomarkers; and 3) the effect of inhaled corticosteroids on periostin levels.Serum perio...