ABSTRACT:Selective inhibitors are an important advancement in clinical medicine, providing a method to target proteins within signal transduction pathways. One such inhibitor, pacritinib, targets Janus Kinase 2 (JAK2) to treat patients with myelofibrosis (MF). In…
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The Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) program at McMaster is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with the Class of ’23 entering the program this fall. In the first of a series of interviews to…
INTRODUCTION:Due to various political, economic and demographic factors, there has been an increase in the number of amputees and patients with limb dysfunctions over the past few decades. It has been reported that about 15%…
ABSTRACT: Mentors within an educational setting have traditionally been teachers and counsellors. Students mentors offer an alternative approach. Peer mentors have been shown to be superior to traditional mentors for reducing students’ levels of stress…
ABSTRACT: The hidden curriculum can be defined as that which is taught to students unintentionally by the culture, structure, and people of their educational setting. Although most authors agree on its importance, little is written…
ABSTRACT:Students in the McMaster School of Nursing, like in other Health Sciences programs, learn about evidence-based practice in a variety of hospital settings. However, best practice must also be provided at a systems level in…
ABSTRACT: There has been an alarming trend in Canadian hospitals to over-medicalize the process of childbirth. The attribution of pathology to childbearing has led to an increased use of medical interventions that elevates healthcare costs…
Dr. James MacKillop is a Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neuroscience at McMaster University, the Director of the Peter Boris Center for Addictions Research, and a Co-Director of the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal…
ABSRACT: There is very little research concerning human regulatory B cells and this may in part be due to their inconsistent responses to immunosuppressive cytokines such as IL-10. The purpose of this critical review is…
ABSTRACT:Youth smoking is prevalent in Indonesia. 90% of Indonesian children have smoked a cigarette by age 13 and many remain as smokers into adulthood. As a result of this addiction, many households have cigarettes as…