EPIDENDRUM YANATILENSE (ORCHIDACEAE: LAELIINAE), A NEW SPECIES, FROM CUSCO, PERU
PHYTOTAXA
Authors: Damian, Alexander; Hagsater, Eric
Abstract
Una nueva especie de Epidendrum del sur del Peru se describe e ilustra. Epidendrum yanatilense es similar a la ecuatoriana E. pucunoense, pero difiere en el habito pequeno; flores no resupinadas; flores pequenas; sepalos oblongo-lanceoladas; apice de los petalos redondo; labelo 3-lobado; dos callos, largos, laminares, romboides, inclinandose hacia el interior, sin nervio central en el medio. Se proporciona informacion sobre su distribucion, habitat, fenologia, estado de conservacion, asi como los rasgos que la distinguen de otras especies similares.
Untargeted longitudinal analysis of a wellness cohort identifies markers of metastatic cancer years prior to diagnosis
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Authors: Magis, Andrew T.; Rappaport, Noa; Conomos, Matthew P.; Omenn, Gilbert S.; Lovejoy, Jennifer C.; Hood, Leroy; Price, Nathan D.
Abstract
We analyzed 1196 proteins in longitudinal plasma samples from participants in a commercial wellness program, including samples collected pre-diagnosis from ten cancer patients and 69 controls. For three individuals ultimately diagnosed with metastatic breast, lung, or pancreatic cancer, CEACAM5 was a persistent longitudinal outlier as early as 26.5 months pre-diagnosis. CALCA, a biomarker for medullary thyroid cancer, was hypersecreted in metastatic pancreatic cancer at least 16.5 months pre-diagnosis. ERBB2 levels spiked in metastatic breast cancer between 10.0 and 4.0 months pre-diagnosis. Our results support the value of deep phenotyping seemingly healthy individuals in prospectively inferring disease transitions.