t findings provide contextually relevant evidence on ototoxicity assessment and management within this context. They raise important implications for guidelines adherence and translating knowledge, policies and guidelines into practice, clinical assessment and management protocols followed, appropriate resource allocation per programme, as well as strategic planning for national ototoxicity assessment and management programmes in context. The findings also raise important implications for low- and middle-income countries, in terms of adopting international guidelines without considering context.Diseases of the kidney contribute a significant morbidity and mortality burden on society. Localized delivery of therapeutics directly into the kidney, via its arterial blood supply, has the potential to enhance their therapeutic efficacy while limiting side effects associated with conventional systemic delivery. Targeted delivery in humans is feasible given that we can access the renal arterial blood supply using minimally invasive endovascular techniques and imaging guidance. However, there is currently no described way to reproduce or mimic this approach in a small animal model. Here, we develop in mice a reproducible microsurgical technique for the delivery of therapeutics directly into each kidney, via its arterial blood supply. Using our technique, intra-arterially (IA) injected tattoo dye homogenously stained both kidneys, without staining any other organ. Survival studies showed no resulting mortality or iatrogenic kidney injury. We demonstrate the therapeutic potential of our technique in a mouse model of cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury (AKI). IA injection of mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC)-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) successfully reversed AKI, with reduced physiological and molecular markers of kidney injury, attenuated inflammation, and restoration of proliferation and regeneration markers. This reproducible delivery technique will allow for further pre-clinical translational studies investigating other therapies for the treatment of renal pathologies.Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a natural mucopolysaccharide and has many useful advantages, including biocompatibility, non-immunogenicity, chemical versatility, non-toxicity, biodegradability, and high hydrophilicity. Numerous tumor cells overexpress several receptors that have a high binding affinity for HA, while these receptors are poorly expressed in normal body cells. Corticosterone chemical structure HA-based drug delivery carriers can offer improved solubility and stability of anticancer drugs in biological environments and allow for the targeting of cancer treatments. Based on these benefits, HA has been widely investigated as a promising material for developing the advanced clinical cancer therapies in various formulations, including nanoparticles, micelles, liposomes, and hydrogels, combined with other materials. We describe various approaches and findings showing the feasibility of improvement in theragnosis probes through the application of HA.BACKGROUND Changes in the metabolic fingerprint of blood during child growth and development are a largely under-investigated area of research. The examination of such aspects requires a cohort of healthy children and adolescents who have been subjected to deep phenotyping, including collection of biospecimens for metabolomic analysis. The present study considered whether amino acid (AA) and acylcarnitine (AC) concentrations are associated with age, sex, body mass index (BMI), and puberty during childhood and adolescence. It also investigated whether there are associations between amino acids (AAs) and acylcarnitines (ACs) and laboratory parameters of glucose and lipid metabolism, as well as liver, kidney, and thyroid parameters. METHODS A total of 3989 dried whole blood samples collected from 2191 healthy participants, aged 3 months to 18 years, from the LIFE Child cohort (Leipzig, Germany) were analyzed using liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry to detect levels of 23 AAs, 6 ACs, and free carnitinsex, BMI, and puberty. Moreover, our data verified known associations but also revealed new correlations between AAs/ACs and specific key markers of metabolic function.Recent findings suggest that S100A4, a protein involved in communication between stromal cells and cancer cells, could be more involved than previously expected in cancer invasiveness. To investigate its cumulative value in the multistep process of the pathogenesis of malignant mesothelioma (MM), SWATH-MS (sequential window acquisition of all theoretical fragmentation spectra), an advanced and robust technique of quantitative proteomics, was used to analyze a collection of 26 preneoplastic and neoplastic rat mesothelial cell lines and models of MM with increasing invasiveness. Secondly, proteomic and histological analyses were conducted on formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded sections of liver metastases vs. primary tumor, and spleen from tumor-bearing rats vs. controls in the most invasive MM model. We found that S100A4, along with 12 other biomarkers, differentiated neoplastic from preneoplastic mesothelial cell lines, and invasive vs. non-invasive tumor cells in vitro, and MM tumors in vivo. Additionally, S100A4 was the only protein differentiating preneoplastic mesothelial cell lines with sarcomatoid vs. epithelioid morphology in relation to EMT (epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition). Finally, S100A4 was the most significantly increased biomarker in liver metastases vs. primary tumor, and in the spleen colonized by MM cells. Overall, we showed that S100A4 was the only protein that showed increased abundance in all situations, highlighting its crucial role in all stages of MM pathogenesis.The development of even more compact, inexpensive, and highly sensitive gas sensors is widespread, even though their performances are still limited and technological improvements are in continuous evolution. Zeolite is a class of material which has received particular attention in different applications due to its interesting adsorption/desorption capabilities. The behavior of a zeolite 4A modified capacitor has been investigated for the adsorption of nitrogen (N2), nitric oxide (NO) and 1,1-Difluoroethane (C2H4F2), which are of interest in the field of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats. Sample measurements were carried out in different environmental conditions, and the variation of the sensor electric capacitance was investigated. The dielectric properties were influenced by the type and concentration of gas species in the environment. Higher changes in capacitance were shown during the adsorption of dry air (+4.2%) and fluorinated gas (+7.3%), while lower dielectric variations were found upon exposure to N2 (-0.