Oncology & Cancer
World-first skin cancer treatment aims to help transplant patients
A new medication which can be applied to the skin could help prevent organ transplant recipients from developing harmful skin cancers.
Nov 19, 2020
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Medical research
Gene-edited monkey embryos give researchers new way to study HIV cure
A gene that cured a man of HIV a decade ago has been successfully added to developing monkey embryos in an effort to study more potential treatments for the disease.
Nov 17, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Priming the immune system to attack cancer
Immunotherapies, such as checkpoint inhibitor drugs, have made worlds of difference for the treatment of cancer. Most clinicians and scientists understand these drugs to act on what's known as the adaptive immune system, ...
Oct 29, 2020
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Surgery
'Inside-the-box' technology solves organ and vaccine transport issue
Following a fatal car crash, a registered organ donor could save the lives of many patients awaiting heart, kidney, liver, lung or pancreas transplantation. Once doctors successfully remove vital organs, they are carefully ...
Oct 6, 2020
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Inflammatory disorders
New imaging agent spotlights inflammation
Many of the most common diseases—cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular and lung disease, and even COVID-19—have been linked to chronic or excessive inflammation. Blood tests can indicate that some part of a person's body is ...
Sep 14, 2020
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Immunology
Microgel immuno-acceptance method could improve pancreatic islet transplant success
Pancreatic islet transplants, which revive insulin production to treat type 1 diabetes, only last an average of three years.
Aug 31, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 following organ transplantation
A research team from the University Hospital at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) has developed a test that provides information on the immune response to the novel coronavirus in patients who need to take immunosuppressive ...
Aug 17, 2020
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Surgery
Woman is 1st in US to get 2nd face transplant
For the second time in a decade, a New Hampshire woman has a new face.
Aug 7, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Transplant patient recovers from COVID-19 after receiving donated plasma
Ayear after his successful lung transplant, Edgardo Diaz, 30, found himself back in the hospital with COVID-19. Feverish and with failing kidneys, his condition quickly became critical.
Jun 30, 2020
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Medical research
A novel radioisotope therapy for children with neuroblastoma
Researchers from Kanazawa University retrospectively analyzed children with refractory or relapsed high-risk neuroblastoma who were treated with high-dose 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine at Kanazawa University Hospital. They ...
Jun 19, 2020
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