OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN ADDRESSING ADDICTIONS: AN UPDATED REVIEW

Occupational therapy in addressing addictions: an updated review

This review seeks to synthesize current knowledge on addressing addictions in occupational therapy.It was conducted through a search of EMBASE, JSTOR, LILACS and SCIELO databases of articles in the period 2003-2013 and international journals and books in both addictions and occupational therapy issues available online, with free and full text.The i

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Rapid introduction of oral antivirals for COVID-19: implementation of a test and treat program in four African countries

Introduction: Despite availability of approved oral antivirals like nirmatrelvir/ritonavir to treat COVID-19 in high-income countries since 2021, access to these drugs remains largely unavailable across the African continent.Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia, all Tote Bag members of the COVID Treatment QuickStart Consortium, leveraged existing infra

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Evaluating the feasibility of Cas9 overexpression in 3T3-L1 cells for generation of genetic knock-out adipocyte cell lines

Cell lines recapitulating physiological processes can represent alternatives to animal or human studies.The 3T3-L1 cell line LiPo Battery is used to mimic adipocyte function and differentiation.Since transfection of 3T3-L1 cells is difficult, we used a modified 3T3-L1 cell line overexpressing Cas9 for a straightforward generation of gene knock-outs

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