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Single use endoscopy devices comprise a significant burden of expense to endoscopy units and many devices are not separately chargeable. Quality improvement projects in surgical settings have improved participants’ knowledge of the cost of surgical too… Continue reading →

Patients hospitalized with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) flares are at risk of chronic steroid use when they are discharged without a clear prednisone tapering plan (and steroid-sparing treatment strategy) or gastroenterology follow-up. Our quality … Continue reading →

Colorectal cancer screening and surveillance colonoscopy declined drastically during the initial surge of coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19) cases in the United States. In August 2020, the state of Georgia (GA) had the highest per-capita circula… Continue reading →

Increased de novo lipogenesis creates excess intrahepatic fat and lipotoxins, propagating liver damage in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). TVB-2640, a fatty acid synthase (FASN) inhibitor, was designed to reduce excess liver fat and directly inhibi… Continue reading →

Promoted by pancreatitis, oncogenic KrasG12D triggers acinar cells’ neoplastic transformation through acinar-to-ductal metaplasia (ADM) and pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN). Agr2 (anterior gradient 2), a known inhibitor of p53, is detected … Continue reading →

The role of fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) during human alcoholic pancreatitis is unknown. We compared FAEE levels to their non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) precursors during alcohol intoxication and clinical alcoholic pancreatitis. The pathophysiolo… Continue reading →

Pre-clinical ulcerative colitis is poorly defined. We aimed to characterize the pre-clinical systemic inflammation in ulcerative colitis, using a comprehensive set of proteins. Continue reading →