Byron Smith

Apr 10, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Byron Smith |Chunyu Zhao |Veronika Dubinkina |Xiaofan Jin

AbstractMetagenomics has greatly expanded our understanding of the gut microbiome by revealing vast diversity within and across human hosts. Even within a single species, different strains can have highly divergent gene content, affecting traits such as antibiotic resistance, metabolism, and virulence. Methods that harness metagenomic data to resolve strain-level differences in functional potential are crucial for understanding the causes and consequences of this intraspecific diversity.

Feb 19, 2024 | journals.lww.com | Byron Smith

CommentariesTransplantation | DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004850 Free In their article “Later brain-death declaration correlates to favorable donor characteristics but decreased heart acceptance,” Greenberg et al1 examine organ characteristics from procured hearts at different intervals of time from admission to brain death declaration (BDD). Contrary to conventional wisdom, they find that later BDDs have comparable or favorable characteristics relative to those with a shorter BDD.