- Primary Cardiac Sarcoma: Diagnostic Challenges, Treatment Limitations and the Future Role of AIby Ecrin Baysu, Aanya Joshi, Anisa Ryderberg, Natasha Suresh and Tanjima TorsaThis article provides an overview for primary cardiac sarcoma in regards to diagnostics, treatments and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) as a possible tool. It argues that AI can be utilised to aid with individualised treatment, ultimately improving prognosis and patient outcomes.
- The Epigenetic Relation Between Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disordersby Brigham Battiston, Isabella Bonefeld, Julia Borowiak, Caterina Milan, Carlota Pinto and Misa ShirakataThis review examines how alcohol and opioids modify the epigenome in key brain regions, contributing to anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction vulnerability. It also summarises evidence from animal and human studies demonstrating that these epigenetic alterations can be transmitted across generations.
- Effects of Parenting and Adverse Childhood Experience on Lifetime Healthby Ana Gheorghe, Cosima Hands, Waylon Miller, Jay Sali and Nazlı TekinThe paper focuses on the effects of parenting and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on children and lifetime health. It discuss the different effects ACEs may have on growing individuals, including its neurobiological implications.
- The Potential of Epigenetic Engineering to Prevent Age-Related Cancersby Nida Kotwal, Aisha Macallin, Joanna Nasya Mathew, Sai Srikar Patnaik, Vlad Catalin Sandu and Srisai SureshkannanThis paper explores how errors in the age-related epigenomes cause gene mutations, stem-cell exhaustion and malignant transformations, contributing to the development of cancer. It investigates emerging technologies, such as CRISPR-based epigenome editing, and their potential to reduce cancer risk before it begins.
- Spiliada and the Digital Age: Modernisation of the Forum Non Conveniens Test in International Commercial Litigationby Elina Aliyeva, Carolina Cortés Caballero, Om Devulapalli, Aleksandra Druzhinina and Rani GaleThe Spiliada test is central to the doctrine of forum non conveniens. This paper argues that the Spiliada test needs significant reform to establish criterion based on justice rather than geographical factors so that the doctrine aligns with the demands of 21st-century legal conflicts.
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