We are pleased to announce that 30 papers in the field of Medicine and Pharmacology have been selected as the 2024 Best Paper Award winners.

Antibiotics:
“Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: A Comprehensive Review of Currently Used Methods”
by Ina Gajic, Jovana Kabic, Dusan Kekic, Milos Jovicevic, Marina Milenkovic, Dragana Mitic Culafic, Anika Trudic, Lazar Ranin and Natasa Opavski
Antibiotics 2022, 11(4), 427; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11040427

“Stability Studies of 16 Antibiotics for Continuous Infusion in Intensive Care Units and for Performing Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy”
by Guillaume Loeuille, Elise D’Huart, Jean Vigneron, Yann-Eric Nisse, Benoit Beiler, Caroline Polo, Gillian Ayari, Matthieu Sacrez, Béatrice Demoré and Alexandre Charmillon
Antibiotics 2022, 11(4), 458; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11040458

Antibodies:
“Alternative Routes of Administration for Therapeutic Antibodies—State of the Art”
by Aubin Pitiot, Nathalie Heuzé-Vourc’h and Thomas Sécher
Antibodies 2022, 11(3), 56; https://doi.org/10.3390/antib11030056

Brain Sciences:
“Changes in the Serum Levels of Cytokines: IL-1β, IL-4, IL-8 and IL-10 in Depression with and without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder”
by Ewa Ogłodek
Brain Sci. 2022, 12(3), 387; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12030387

“Spiking Neural Networks and Their Applications: A Review”
by Kashu Yamazaki, Viet-Khoa Vo-Ho, Darshan Bulsara and Ngan Le
Brain Sci. 2022, 12(7), 863; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12070863

Cancers:
“Chemotherapy Side-Effects: Not All DNA Damage Is Equal”
by Winnie M. C. van den Boogaard, Daphne S. J. Komninos and Wilbert P. Vermeij
Cancers 2022, 14(3), 627; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14030627

“T-Cells Expressing a Highly Potent PRAME-Specific T-Cell Receptor in Combination with a Chimeric PD1-41BB Co-Stimulatory Receptor Show a Favorable Preclinical Safety Profile and Strong Anti-Tumor Reactivity”
by Nadja Sailer, Ina Fetzer, Melanie Salvermoser, Monika Braun, Doris Brechtefeld, Christian Krendl, Christiane Geiger, Kathrin Mutze, Elfriede Noessner, Dolores J. Schendel et al.
Cancers 2022, 14(8), 1998; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14081998

“Engineering Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy”
by Yang Zhou, Miao Li, Kuangyi Zhou, James Brown, Tasha Tsao, Xinjian Cen, Tiffany Husman, Aarushi Bajpai, Zachary Spencer Dunn and Lili Yang
Cancers 2022, 14(9), 2266; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14092266

“Accurate Screening for Early-Stage Breast Cancer by Detection and Profiling of Circulating Tumor Cells”
by Timothy Crook, Robert Leonard, Kefah Mokbel, Alastair Thompson, Michael Michell, Raymond Page, Ashok Vaid, Ravi Mehrotra, Anantbhushan Ranade, Sewanti Limaye et al.
Cancers 2022, 14(14), 3341; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers14143341

COVID:
“Public Health Resources, Religion, and Freedom as Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccination Rates: A Global Study of 89 Countries”
by Shadi Omidvar Tehrani and Douglas D. Perkins
COVID 2022, 2(6), 703-718; https://doi.org/10.3390/covid2060053

“Risk/Benefit Profiles of Currently Approved Oral Antivirals for Treatment of COVID-19: Similarities and Differences”
by Suzana Corritori, Nikolay Savchuk and C. David Pauza
COVID 2022, 2(8), 1057-1076; https://doi.org/10.3390/covid2080078

Dentistry Journal:
“Maximizing Student Clinical Communication Skills in Dental Education—A Narrative Review”
by Rod Moore
Dent. J. 2022, 10(4), 57; https://doi.org/10.3390/dj10040057

“The Effect of Scanning Strategy on Intraoral Scanner’s Accuracy”
by Nikolaos A. Gavounelis, Chrysoula-Maria C. Gogola and Demetrios J. Halazonetis
Dent. J. 2022, 10(7), 123; https://doi.org/10.3390/dj10070123

Journal of Clinical Medicine:
“Therapeutic Advances in Diabetic Nephropathy”
by Hanny Sawaf, George Thomas, Jonathan J. Taliercio, Georges Nakhoul, Tushar J. Vachharajani and Ali Mehdi
J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11(2), 378; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11020378

“XR (Extended Reality: Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality) Technology in Spine Medicine: Status Quo and Quo Vadis”
by Tadatsugu Morimoto, Takaomi Kobayashi, Hirohito Hirata, Koji Otani, Maki Sugimoto, Masatsugu Tsukamoto, Tomohito Yoshihara, Masaya Ueno and Masaaki Mawatari
J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11(2), 470; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11020470

“Efficacy of Tildrakizumab for the Treatment of Difficult-to-Treat Areas: Scalp, Nail, Palmoplantar and Genital Psoriasis”
by Marco Galluzzo, Marina Talamonti, Arnaldo Cioni, Virginia Maffei, Ruslana Gaeta Shumak, Lorenzo Tofani, Luca Bianchi and Elena Campione
J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11(9), 2631; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11092631

Journal of Personalized Medicine:
“Emergency Department Overcrowding: Understanding the Factors to Find Corresponding Solutions”
by Gabriele Savioli, Iride Francesca Ceresa, Nicole Gri, Gaia Bavestrello Piccini, Yaroslava Longhitano, Christian Zanza, Andrea Piccioni, Ciro Esposito, Giovanni Ricevuti and Maria Antonietta Bressan
J. Pers. Med. 2022, 12(2), 279; https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm12020279

“Real-World Impact of a Pharmacogenomics-Enriched Comprehensive Medication Management Program”
by Joseph P. Jarvis, Arul Prakasam Peter, Murray Keogh, Vince Baldasare, Gina M. Beanland, Zachary T. Wilkerson, Steven Kradel and Jeffrey A. Shaman
J. Pers. Med. 2022, 12(3), 421; https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm12030421

Medicina:
“Inflammatory Biomarkers as Prognostic Factors of Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis Following the Total Knee Arthroplasty”
by Răzvan Marian Melinte, Emil Marian Arbănași, Adrian Blesneac, Dan Nicolae Zolog, Réka Kaller, Adrian Vasile Mureșan, Eliza Mihaela Arbănași, Ioana Marta Melinte, Raluca Niculescu and Eliza Russu
Medicina 2022, 58(10), 1502; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58101502

“Mechanisms Linking COPD to Type 1 and 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Is There a Relationship between Diabetes and COPD?”
by Sangmi S. Park, Jessica L. Perez Perez, Brais Perez Gandara, Christina W. Agudelo, Romy Rodriguez Ortega, Huma Ahmed, Itsaso Garcia-Arcos, Cormac McCarthy and Patrick Geraghty
Medicina 2022, 58(8), 1030; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58081030

Pharmacy:
“Game-Based Learning in Pharmacy Education”
by Julie H. Oestreich and Jason W. Guy
Pharmacy 2022, 10(1), 11; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy10010011

“A Guide to a Pharmacist-Led Pharmacogenetic Testing and Counselling Service in an Interprofessional Healthcare Setting”
by Céline K. Stäuble, Chiara Jeiziner, Anna Bollinger, Florine M. Wiss, Martin Hatzinger, Kurt E. Hersberger, Thomas Ihde, Markus L. Lampert, Thorsten Mikoteit, Henriette E. Meyer zu Schwabedissen et al.
Pharmacy 2022, 10(4), 86; https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy10040086

Sports:
“Changes in Body Composition and Strength after 12 Weeks of High-Intensity Functional Training with Two Different Loads in Physically Active Men and Women: A Randomized Controlled Study”
by Daniel P. Kapsis, Athanasios Tsoukos, Maria P. Psarraki, Helen T. Douda, Ilias Smilios and Gregory C. Bogdanis
Sports 2022, 10(1), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports10010007

“Training Monitoring in Sports: It Is Time to Embrace Cognitive Demand”
by Stéphane Perrey
Sports 2022, 10(4), 56; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports10040056

Tomography:
“MDCT Imaging of Non-Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Emergencies and Its Impact on Diagnosis and Management—A Reappraisal”
by Tullio Valente, Giacomo Sica, Giorgio Bocchini, Federica Romano, Francesco Lassandro, Gaetano Rea, Emanuele Muto, Antonio Pinto, Francesca Iacobellis, Paola Crivelli et al.
Tomography 2022, 8(1), 200-228; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography8010017

“SOUP-GAN: Super-Resolution MRI Using Generative Adversarial Networks”
by Kuan Zhang, Haoji Hu, Kenneth Philbrick, Gian Marco Conte, Joseph D. Sobek, Pouria Rouzrokh and Bradley J. Erickson
Tomography 2022, 8(2), 905-919; https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography8020073

Vaccines:
“Evaluation of Transplacental Antibody Transfer in SARS-CoV-2-Immunized Pregnant Women”
by Ching-Ju Shen, Yi-Chen Fu, Yen-Pin Lin, Ching-Fen Shen, Der-Ji Sun, Huan-Yun Chen and Chao-Min Cheng
Vaccines 2022, 10(1), 101; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10010101

“Virus-like Particles as Preventive and Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines”
by Anna Lucia Tornesello, Maria Tagliamonte, Franco M. Buonaguro, Maria Lina Tornesello and Luigi Buonaguro
Vaccines 2022, 10(2), 227; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020227

“An Overview of Vaccine Adjuvants: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives”
by Alessio Facciolà, Giuseppa Visalli, Antonio Laganà and Angela Di Pietro
Vaccines 2022, 10(5), 819; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050819