Month: <span>August 2025</span>
Month: August 2025

Elevated EGR1 binding at enhancers in excitatory neurons correlates with neuronal subtype-specific epigenetic regulation

BMC Biol. 2025 Aug 11;23(1):251. doi: 10.1186/s12915-025-02357-x. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Brain development and neuronal cell specification are accompanied by epigenetic changes that enable the regulation of …

Genomic characteristics of emerging toxigenic Salmonella enterica subsp. diarizonae 50:z52:z35/ST8433 cloning from diarrhea cases

Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2025 Aug 12;105(30):2581-2585. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112137-20250404-00830. ABSTRACT To analyze the genomic and disease ecological background of two Salmonella enterica subsp. diarizonae …

TRIAGE-GS: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a genomics-first approach to rare disease diagnosis for patients awaiting assessment by a clinical geneticist

BMJ Open. 2025 Aug 10;15(8):e107603. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107603. ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Rare diseases (RD) are collectively common and often genetic. Families value and can benefit from precise …

“Whatever you asked for you got”: the impact of charitable funding of paediatric oncology in the UK – from 1960 to 2000

Med Humanit. 2025 Aug 10:medhum-2024-013221. doi: 10.1136/medhum-2024-013221. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT The considerable charitable funding of paediatric oncology propelled the medical specialty in the …

Early initiation of breastfeeding in anglophone and francophone West African countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis of associated factors

Public Health. 2025 Aug 8;247:105900. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105900. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: Despite the benefits of early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) as a preventive …