Guangzhou, September 9, 2020: New journal BIO Integration (BIOI) publishes its second issue, volume 1, issue 2. BIOI is a peer-reviewed, open access, international journal, which is dedicated to spreading multidisciplinary views driving the advancement of modern medicine. Aimed at bridging the gap between the laboratory, clinic, and biotechnology industries, it will offer a cross-disciplinary platform devoted to communicating advances in the biomedical research field and offering insights into different areas of life science, in order to encourage cooperation and exchange among scientists, clinical researchers, and health care providers.
Featured papers in this issue:
The first featured article in this issue is an original research article entitled "Automated Stage Discrimination of Parkinson's Disease" by authors Vered Aharonson, Nabeel Seedat, Simon Israeli-Korn, Sharon Hassin-Baer, Michiel Postema and Gilad Yahalom. A device has been available since 2017 that successfully detects Parkinson's Disease (PD) and operates for people who cannot walk without support. In this study, the suitability of this device for automated discrimination of PD stages was tested. Walking trajectory, velocity, acceleration and force were automatically recorded by the device throughout testing. Correlations were established between these results, additional spatiotemporal quantities, disease duration, L-dihydroxyphenylalanine-(L-DOPA) dose, motor fluctuation, dyskinesia and the mobile part of the Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS).
The second featured article in this issue is a case report entitled "Drug-induced Interstitial Lung Disease in Breast Cancer Patients: A Lesson We Should Learn From Multi-Disciplinary Integration" by Zijun Zhao, Zhanghai He, Hongyan Huang, Jiewen Chen, Shishi He, Ailifeire Yilihamu and Yan Nie. Taxanes represented by paclitaxel and targeted therapy including trastuzumab are two common agents for human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER-2)-positive breast cancer patients. Effectiveness, however, usually comes at the cost of many side effects such as drug-induced interstitial lung diseases (DILDs). Through case studies, and reference to related studies in medical databases, the authors discuss how multi-disciplinary integration of clinical practice and pharmacological mechanisms can make anti-cancer agents less harmful and reduce the incidence of DILD in breast cancer patients during systemic therapy.
The third featured article in this issue is an opinion article entitled "Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Management during COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences and Strategies Used by a Singapore Breast Surgical Unit" by Chi Wei Mok, Yert Li Melissa Seet, and Su-Ming Tan. The authors describe the challenges faced and measures adopted by the division during the pandemic in multidisciplinary management of non-COVID breast cancer patients providing insights to serve as a guide for physicians in similar settings who are managing breast cancer patients amidst the pandemic.
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Other articles published in the issue include:
Review Article
Enhancing Chemotherapy by RNA Interferenc
Shuwen Cao, Chunhao Lin, Shunung Liang, Chee Hwee Tan, Phei Er Saw and Xiaoding Xu
Commentary
Modelling Atrial Arrhythmia In vitro Using Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Atrial Cardiomyocytes in Three-dimensional Culture (http://ow.ly/AW8v30r8Lhj)
Yuexin Yu, KokLeng Tan, Bakiah Shaharuddin, Zhikun Guo and Jun Jie Tan
News and Views
BIOI Virtual Academic Series Part 1: Multidisciplinary Integration in Academia (http://ow.ly/15tM30r8LoN) Phei Er Saw
BIO Integration is a fully open access journal which will allow for the rapid dissemination of multidisciplinary views driving the progress of modern medicine.
As part of its mandate to help bring interesting work and knowledge from around the world to a wider audience, BIOI will actively support authors through open access publishing and through waiving author fees in its first years. Also, publication support for authors whose first language is not English will be offered in areas such as manuscript development, English language editing and artwork assistance.
BIOI is now open for submissions; articles can be submitted online at https://mc04.manuscriptcentral.com/bioi Please visit http://www.bio-integration.org to learn more about the journal. Editorial Board: https://bio-integration.org/editorial-board/
BIOI is available on the IngentaConnect platform and at the BIO Integration website.
Submissions may be made using Scholar One. There are no author submission or article processing fees.
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ISSN 2712-0074
eISSN 2712-0082
Journal
BIO Integration