David G Zacharias, Timothy J Nelson, Paul S Mueller, C Christopher Hook
{"title":"Impedance of novel therapeutic technologies: the case of stem cells.","authors":"David G Zacharias, Timothy J Nelson, Paul S Mueller, C Christopher Hook","doi":"10.1111/j.1752-8062.2012.00434.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-8062.2012.00434.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Embryonic stem cell (ES) technology has advanced considerably within the past three decades and has gained prominent distinction within the emerging field of regenerative medicine. As it now enters the nascent stages of clinical application, many hopes and expectations arise along with questions as to where the technology will go. This paper evaluates the technical and practical obstacles that must be overcome before it can fully translate into the clinical context, the existence of strong opposition to the technology, political and legal barriers that have impeded its progression, and the role of healthcare reform in creating new social and economic priorities. In contrast to the technological imperative, a driving force seeking to implement the most recent scientific advances into medical practice, we refer to such translational obstacles as \"technological impedance.\" Rather than expending inordinate effort to preserve existing systems that continue to possess major hurdles, we advocate fostering interdisciplinary approaches in the development of new generation platforms and embracing disruptive innovations that create solutions to technological impedance and move us forward in healthcare delivery. Clin Trans Sci 2012; Volume 5: 422-427.</p>","PeriodicalId":501617,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Translational Science","volume":" ","pages":"422-7"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1752-8062.2012.00434.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30978327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura J Rasmussen-Torvik, Jennifer A Pacheco, Russell A Wilke, William K Thompson, Marylyn D Ritchie, Abel N Kho, Arun Muthalagu, M Geoff Hayes, Loren L Armstrong, Douglas A Scheftner, John T Wilkins, Rebecca L Zuvich, David Crosslin, Dan M Roden, Joshua C Denny, Gail P Jarvik, Christopher S Carlson, Iftikhar J Kullo, Suzette J Bielinski, Catherine A McCarty, Rongling Li, Teri A Manolio, Dana C Crawford, Rex L Chisholm
{"title":"High density GWAS for LDL cholesterol in African Americans using electronic medical records reveals a strong protective variant in APOE.","authors":"Laura J Rasmussen-Torvik, Jennifer A Pacheco, Russell A Wilke, William K Thompson, Marylyn D Ritchie, Abel N Kho, Arun Muthalagu, M Geoff Hayes, Loren L Armstrong, Douglas A Scheftner, John T Wilkins, Rebecca L Zuvich, David Crosslin, Dan M Roden, Joshua C Denny, Gail P Jarvik, Christopher S Carlson, Iftikhar J Kullo, Suzette J Bielinski, Catherine A McCarty, Rongling Li, Teri A Manolio, Dana C Crawford, Rex L Chisholm","doi":"10.1111/j.1752-8062.2012.00446.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-8062.2012.00446.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Only one low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) genome-wide association study (GWAS) has been previously reported in -African Americans. We performed a GWAS of LDL-C in African Americans using data extracted from electronic medical records (EMR) in the eMERGE network. African Americans were genotyped on the Illumina 1M chip. All LDL-C measurements, prescriptions, and diagnoses of concomitant disease were extracted from EMR. We created two analytic datasets; one dataset having median LDL-C calculated after the exclusion of some lab values based on comorbidities and medication (n= 618) and another dataset having median LDL-C calculated without any exclusions (n= 1,249). SNP rs7412 in APOE was strongly associated with LDL-C in both datasets (p < 5 × 10(-8) ). In the dataset with exclusions, a decrease of 20.0 mg/dL per minor allele was observed. The effect size was attenuated (12.3 mg/dL) in the dataset without any lab values excluded. Although other signals in APOE have been detected in previous GWAS, this large and important SNP association has not been well detected in large GWAS because rs7412 was not included on many genotyping arrays. Use of median LDL-C extracted from EMR after exclusions for medications and comorbidities increased the percentage of trait variance explained by genetic variation.</p>","PeriodicalId":501617,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Translational Science","volume":" ","pages":"394-9"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1752-8062.2012.00446.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30979934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carrie L Byington, Lucy Savitz, Michael Varner, Donald McClain
{"title":"The Utah Center for Clinical and Translational Science: transformation through collaboration.","authors":"Carrie L Byington, Lucy Savitz, Michael Varner, Donald McClain","doi":"10.1111/j.1752-8062.2012.00445.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-8062.2012.00445.x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501617,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Translational Science","volume":" ","pages":"377-8"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1752-8062.2012.00445.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31546739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Selina Smith, Larry Johnson, Diane Wesley, Kim B Turner, Gail McCray, Joyce Sheats, Daniel Blumenthal
{"title":"Translation to practice of an intervention to promote colorectal cancer screening among African Americans.","authors":"Selina Smith, Larry Johnson, Diane Wesley, Kim B Turner, Gail McCray, Joyce Sheats, Daniel Blumenthal","doi":"10.1111/j.1752-8062.2012.00439.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1752-8062.2012.00439.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In a previous report, we demonstrated the efficacy of an intervention to promote colorectal cancer screening among African Americans in a controlled community intervention trial. Participants in the intervention, named EPICS (Educational Program to Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening), were twice as likely to be screened after six months as those in the control group. In the current project, we put the intervention into practice through an academic-health department partnership, and the intervention performed as well as it had in the controlled trial. This success may be due to the community-based participatory methods used in designing and testing the intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":501617,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Translational Science","volume":" ","pages":"412-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3476058/pdf/CTS-5-412.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30978325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth Ripley, Monika Markowitz, Ann Nichols-Casebolt, Larry Williams, Francis Macrina
{"title":"Training NIH K award recipients: the role of the mentor.","authors":"Elizabeth Ripley, Monika Markowitz, Ann Nichols-Casebolt, Larry Williams, Francis Macrina","doi":"10.1111/j.1752-8062.2012.00436.x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-8062.2012.00436.x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Unlabelled: </strong>Mentors play important roles in training new investigators. This study was designed to determine characteristics of NIH mentored K award recipients and their mentors, their interpersonal interactions, and the factors, which influence satisfaction within this relationship.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A survey of 3027 NIH mentored K recipients and 1384 mentors was conducted in 2009. Nine hundred twenty-nine (30.7%) of the K recipients and 448 (32.4%) mentors completed the survey.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The gender of K respondents was evenly divided while the mentors were 72.1% male. The overall rating of their mentors was positive. Ideally, both thought the mentor should be important in research training; however, in actual practice, both rated the importance as lower. A total of 88.2% of recipients were satisfied with their relationship. Although the number of black K recipients was low, this group was more likely to be dissatisfied with the mentor relationship (6/29 or 20.7%) than their white counterparts. The frequency of meeting or communicating was correlated with K recipient satisfaction.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Overall K recipients are satisfied with their mentor relationships. Although the number of black K recipient respondents was small, the higher level of mentor dissatisfaction should be further evaluated. Qualities of mentors, including the frequency of interactions and accessibility, can influence satisfaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":501617,"journal":{"name":"Clinical and Translational Science","volume":" ","pages":"386-93"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2012-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1752-8062.2012.00436.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30979933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}