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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Healthcare Science

Healthcare Science current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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August 2025

Advancements and challenges in biomarker testing for tumors of the luminal gastrointestinal tract: current practice guidelines and emerging markers

A beginners guide to SELEX and DNA aptamers

Beyond the mucosa: unveiling selected mesenchymal lesions of the gastrointestinal tract

Biallelic SH2B3 germline variants are associated with a neonatal myeloproliferative disease and multisystemic involvement

Biological effects of pathologies in Lewy body diseases: why timing matters

A comprehensive review of computational methods for Protein-DNA binding site prediction

Decoding liver biopsies: a pattern-based approach

Endothelial dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes: the truth is in the blood

Gallbladder pathology: unveiling the latest breakthroughs

Histologic evaluation of gastrointestinal biopsies from immunocompromised patients

Induction of tunnelling nanotube-like structures by influenza A viruses requires the onset of apoptosis

Low‐complexity manual nucleic acid amplification tests for pulmonary tuberculosis in children (new Cochrane diagnostic review)

Novel proteins to neutralize venom toxins

Parallel use of low‐complexity automated nucleic acid amplification tests and lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assays to detect tuberculosis disease in adults and adolescents living with HIV (new Cochrane diagnostic review)

Parallel use of low‐complexity automated nucleic acid amplification tests on respiratory and stool samples with or without lateral flow lipoarabinomannan assays to detect pulmonary tuberculosis disease in children (new Cochrane diagnostic review)

Patient-specific in vivo gene editing to treat a rare genetic disease

Peripheral venous blood gas analysis for the diagnosis of respiratory failure, hypercarbia and metabolic disturbance in adults (new Cochrane diagnostic review)

Recent advances and challenges in graphene-based electrochemical biosensors for food safety

Selected laboratory‐based biomarkers for assessing vitamin A deficiency in at‐risk individuals (new Cochrane diagnostic review)

Sources

Analytical Biochemistry (Aug); Cochrane Library (May-Jun); Diagnostic Histopathology (Jun); European Journal of Human Genetics (Jun); Journal of Clinical Investigation, The (May); Lancet Neurology, The (May); NEJM (May-Jun); PLOS Pathogens (Jun)

June 2025

Academic training pathways in histopathology: practical perspectives

Advances in biosensors: a breakthrough in rapid and precise brucellosis detection

Animal models informing the role of the microbiome and its metabolites in rheumatoid arthritis

Artificial intelligence in haematopathology: current perspective and future directions

Developing AI-powered tools for histopathology: opportunities, challenges and new friends along the way

Diagnostic platforms for snakebite: current approaches and challenges in medically important species

Electrochemical flow injection analysis platforms for biomedical applications – progress and prospects

Entering the era of spatial transcriptomics: opportunities and challenges for pathology

Exploring the diagnostic landscape: portable aptasensors in point-of-care testing

Glycosyltransferase enzymatic assays: overview and comparative analysis

Head and neck mucosal manifestations of microbial infection: clinical presentation, histological features and diagnostic aids

Head and neck tumours with neuroendocrine marker ‘expression’: pitfalls and learning points

Identification and validation of programmed cell death related biomarkers for the treatment and prevention COVID-19

Integrating histopathology and epidemiology to explore cancer aetiology and survival

Macroscopy of oral and maxillofacial specimens

Nanopores for DNA and biomolecule analysis: diagnostic, genomic insights, applications in energy conversion and catalysis

Next-generation electrochemical biosensors for acrylamide: progress, challenges, and opportunities

An overview of biosensor advancements for detecting botulinum neurotoxins: addressing food safety and biowarfare risks

Quantification of amyloid-β aggregation inhibitors gallic acid and rosmarinic acid in biological samples by LC-MS/MS

Recent advancements in aptamers as promising nanotool for therapeutic and diagnostic applications

Spindle cell mesenchymal tumours of the head and neck: emerging and recently described entities characterised by molecular findings

Technical approaches for breath aldehyde biomarker detection and disease diagnosis: a review

Total flavonoid content revised: an overview of past, present, and future determinations in phytochemical analysis

Update on the dataset for histopathological reporting of salivary gland carcinomas: current concepts and controversies in salivary gland pathology

Sources

Analytical Biochemistry (May-Jul); Annals of Medicine (Apr); Diagnostic Histopathology (Apr-May); Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America (May)

April 2025

3D extrusion bioprinting of microbial inks for biomedical applications

3D printing in musculoskeletal interface engineering: current progress and future directions

Advancing tumor microenvironment and lymphoid tissue research through 3D bioprinting and biofabrication

Application of photosensitive microalgae in targeted tumor therapy

Beyond the EPR effect: intravital microscopy analysis of nanoparticle drug delivery to tumors

Breaking barriers in targeted therapy: advancing exosome isolation, engineering, and imaging

Calcification in breast histopathology

Capacitive biosensor for rapid detection of avian (H5N1) influenza and E. coli in aerosols

Current issues in optical monitoring of drug delivery via hair follicles

Dissection of type 2 diabetes: a genetic perspective

Droplet-based 3D bioprinting for drug delivery and screening

Expanded newborn screening using genome sequencing for early actionable conditions

Fluorescence lifetime imaging in drug delivery research

Histopathological diagnosis of psoriasis and psoriasiform dermatitides

Histopathological differential diagnosis of nail psoriasis and onychomycosis

The histopathological spectrum of sebaceous tumours: key features, diagnostic criteria and differential diagnosis

Insights into salivary gland-like breast carcinomas: histological features, immunophenotypes, molecular pathogenesis and diagnostic advancements

Intra-tumoral bacteria in breast cancer and intervention strategies

Light sheet fluorescence microscopy for monitoring drug delivery: unlocking the developmental phases of embryos

Lymphatic transport in anti-tumor immunity and metastasis

Malignant cutaneous clear cell tumours: a review of histological, immunohistochemical and molecular features

Metastasis to and from the breast: a guide to differential diagnosis and ancillary testing

Microbiome research in autoimmune and immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: lessons, advances and unmet needs

Oral, vaginal, and stool microbial signatures in patients with endometriosis as potential diagnostic non-invasive biomarkers: a prospective cohort study

Recent advances in 3D bioprinted neural models: a systematic review on the applications to drug discovery

Recent advances in biomarkers for senescence: bridging basic research to clinic

Recent focus in non-SELEX-computational approach for de novo aptamer design: a mini review

Seeing through the skin: optical methods for visualizing transdermal drug delivery with microneedles

Use of digital pathology and artificial intelligence (AI) in breast cancer diagnosis and management: opportunities and challenges

Visualizing kinetics of diffusional penetration in tissues using OCT-based strain imaging

Sources

ACS Sensors (Feb); Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (Feb-Apr); Analytical Biochemistry (Apr); Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (Jan); BJOG (Feb); Diagnostic Histopathology (Feb-Mar); Geriatrics and Gerontology International (Feb); JAMA (Jan); Journal of Experimental Medicine (Feb); Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, The (Feb)

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