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Can miRNAs help us find diseases?

In 2008, two different study teams detected miRNAs in the blood for  checking how well bones were working. A variety of different sequences from people and animals have been found in plasma and serum since then. These circulating miRNAs have been associated with various ailments, resulting in the inference that they serve as “fingerprints” for specific diseases. Because they have been precisely linked to certain biological functions and diseases, they are likely to become a new type of biomarker and a possible target for future treatments.

Circulating miRNAs

It’s hard to tell where these come from. When blood cells die, they release circulating miRNAs, especially when they are coupled to apoptotic bodies. But living cells can also actively release them. It’s fascinating that these are quite stable because RNases can’t break down exosomes and AGO proteins stop enzymes from breaking down miRNAs. When kept at -70°C, they stay stable for at least a year.

“Circulating miRNAs are stable for a specific duration and easily accessible from bodily fluids, rendering them ideal candidates for innovative biomarker applications.”

Exosomes: carriers  in disease

Many cells create exosomes, which are small particles that are involved in a number of signaling activities. These transport them and other compounds. All types of bone cells make exosomes, and they seem to be particularly important for the process of osteoclasts and osteoblasts forming different types of cells. They have recently been acknowledged as important signal mediators in its metabolism.

Exosomes and exosome-associated miRNAs play a significant role in various aspects of bone turnover and associated disorders, making them promising and valuable tools for biomarker discovery. They transfer distinct signaling molecules from donor cells to recipient cells and act as “signalosomes.” This means they could assist locate biomarkers.

The Story of Barbara
“My parents gave me life, but the doctors helped me get it back.”

Barbara had a very strange and dangerous bone tumor when she was 8 years old. She’s better now and has a beautiful family.

When Barbara was a kid, a hard volleyball hit her leg and it swelled up. In ten days, it was twice as big as the other leg. Barbara’s parents were happy following the initial doctor’s visit. She resumed playing volleyball even though it hurt and her ankle was swollen. One day, her father lovingly squeezes her knee, and the agony is so bad that it makes her jump up. She was taken right away to the pediatrician, who knew how bad things were and did an x-ray right away. It indicated a grade IV osteosarcoma on the femur of her left leg. This is a highly rare and dangerous malignancy.

Barbara was promptly sent to Bradley, and that night her parents transported her to Leeds. He began chemotherapy at the end of December 1995, and it went well: his body responded wonderfully. The next year, on April 7, he got the surgery. It took a total of 16 hours. “As soon as I woke up, I lifted the sheet and saw my leg. I was so happy…”

Barbara had treatment for two years after the test. She had a lot of surgery over the years to make the prosthesis fit her growing body. He listened to Jovanotti and Eros Ramazzotti a lot when he was in the hospital.

Barbara still goes to the doctor for checkups and orthopedic checkups, but she is entirely better. He goes to Bradley every now and again to meet his doctors. He visits patients in the hospital because he thinks his story can benefit those who are sick. In 2012, Barbara married Louis. In the years that followed, John and Tom were born.

Fiorella and her ordeal: “I beat sarcoma. I’ll tell you how.”

A woman who is 29 years old talks about her fight with cancer. She is OK now. She is a volunteer and has a project called “Bringing Hope to the Sick with a Kind of Heartfelt Message.”

A 29-year-old girl in London has been fighting Ewing’s Sarcoma since March 2008. It has affected her left fibula. He fought this strange bone malignancy for a long period, especially for someone his age. His story is about a fight that never ends: nine rounds of chemotherapy, surgery on the fibula to remove the tumor, and finally, the transfer of stem cells with new high-dose chemotherapy.

Fiorella suffered through a thousand sufferings “with a kind of deep unconsciousness,” which let her keep hope alive and get back on her feet and start life again. Not only. The sickness made her feel more connected to “all those people who go through these kinds of times in life.”

This is how people started to get to know one other.

The Italian Osteosarcoma Study Association (Aisos) urged individuals to help out by making a “heart post” for each sufferer. The post of “Mrs. Ewing” makes it obvious that the condition may be beaten, both with medicine and “with the head, with positive thoughts, with the strength of mind.” Below is his speech.

THE AWAKENING

“Trying to change your life until someone else makes the decision for you. Mr. Ewing is the name of this person, and he came to see me for a test. At 26, it was the best time of my life, with a lot of new things to do and not many stories to tell. For five years, I didn’t care much about it. Every now and then, a whimper would come from my left ankle to let me know something was amiss, and then it would go asleep, making me forget about its annoyingness.

We might reach a point where even these things wake up and don’t want to go back to sleep. Mr. Ewing started coming out of the den around Christmas 2008. He was such a hassle, making a fuss when he was still yawning and pushing his way out.

LONG AND WELL-STRETCHED STEPS

“Then, when spring was almost here, it made itself known. I first went to Chelsea Hospital in Greater London at the end of March 2008. I was 26 years old and had sarcoma, a type of cancer.

UPS AND DOWNS

“The Chelsea Chemotherapy Department is like a giant game room, and the staff is a great example of humanism. This is because they mainly treat tumors, which are rare and usually affect youngsters and teens. In my instance, Mr. Ewing forgot to set the alarm.

Eight rounds of chemotherapy before and after surgery, surgery, heavy doses of chemotherapy, and an autologous stem cell transplant, with a 21-day bonus vacation in the low microbial load chamber. The stay also included intriguing fourth-degree stomatitis and breath-taking bronchopneumonia.

“THE WINNER IS”

I left the Chelsea Orthopedic Institute’s BCM room on November 17, 2009. I left behind 10 kg of myself, a pair of fuchsia slippers, and most importantly, my purpose for being a woman and healthy: my ability to have children. Blessed recklessness, which has always been at home here, made me fight tooth and nail and have great days even in a hospital bed. Being a woman and powerful, and knowing that I was the result of years of hope from my parents made me very happy.

ALIVE AND WELL

“Two years have gone by, and I’m still alive and healthy. I remember everything that happened since that first test. I don’t leave anything out. I have it written on my skin. I carry the signs, the pain, the joys, the small change of seconds. I live as if I were always waiting for a train of emotions, with fear that wakes me up now and then and doesn’t make me fully understand what I am.

But in the midst of all this chaos in history and life, I smile. When I get dressed in the morning, I see the new me differently; I see her more beautiful, above all. Goodnight, Mr. Ewing. May it be a long and endless night, a night of darkness, a night of rest without stopping, for a journey far away in the world and in time. From my time and place.

Mrs. Ewing