[HTML][HTML] Temporal bias in case-control design: preventing reliable predictions of the future

W Yuan, BK Beaulieu-Jones, KH Yu, SL Lipnick… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
One of the primary tools that researchers use to predict risk is the case-control study. We
identify a flaw, temporal bias, that is specific to and uniquely associated with these studies that …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning for patient risk stratification: standing on, or looking over, the shoulders of clinicians?

BK Beaulieu-Jones, W Yuan, GA Brat, AL Beam… - NPJ digital …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Machine learning can help clinicians to make individualized patient predictions only
if researchers demonstrate models that contribute novel insights, rather than learning the …

Chemical space mimicry for drug discovery

W Yuan, D Jiang, DK Nambiar, LP Liew… - Journal of chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We describe a new library generation method, Machine-based Identification of Molecules
Inside Characterized Space (MIMICS), that generates sets of molecules inspired by a text-…

[HTML][HTML] Integrative multiomics-histopathology analysis for breast cancer classification

Y Ektefaie, W Yuan, DA Dillon, NU Lin, JA Golden… - NPJ Breast …, 2021 - nature.com
Histopathologic evaluation of biopsy slides is a critical step in diagnosing and subtyping breast
cancers. However, the connections between histology and multi-omics status have never …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy and safety of a once-daily morphine formulation in chronic, moderate-to-severe osteoarthritis pain: results from a randomized, placebo-controlled …

…, HL Offenberg, HW Marker, SH Roth, W Yuan… - Journal of pain and …, 2002 - Elsevier
A randomized, 4-week, double-blind trial followed by an open-label extension trial assessed
the efficacy and safety of a once-daily, extended-release morphine formulation (Avinza™ (…

[HTML][HTML] Long-term kidney function recovery and mortality after COVID-19-associated acute kidney injury: an international multi-centre observational cohort study

…, A Gutiérrez-Sacristán, P Das, W Yuan… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background While acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in COVID-19, data
on post-AKI kidney function recovery and the clinical factors associated with poor kidney …

Examining the use of real‐world evidence in the regulatory process

…, SG Finlayson, W Yuan… - Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The 21st Century Cures Act passed by the United States Congress mandates the US Food
and Drug Administration to develop guidance to evaluate the use of real‐world evidence (…

[HTML][HTML] Distinguishing admissions specifically for COVID-19 from incidental SARS-CoV-2 admissions: national retrospective electronic health record study

…, H Estiri, AM South, GM Weber, W Yuan… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - jmir.org
Background Admissions are generally classified as COVID-19 hospitalizations if the patient
has a positive SARS-CoV-2 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. However, because 35% …

[HTML][HTML] Potential pitfalls in the use of real-world data for studying long COVID

…, KP Liao, S Visweswaran, BWQ Tan, W Yuan… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The value of large-scale, real-world data—from electronic health records (EHRs), for
example—has been used to establish vaccine efficacy, to elucidate the genetic etiologies of …

Self-repairing symmetry in jellyfish through mechanically driven reorganization

MJ Abrams, T Basinger, W Yuan… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
What happens when an animal is injured and loses important structures? Some animals simply
heal the wound, whereas others are able to regenerate lost parts. In this study, we report …