Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Discovery could protect high-risk COVID-19 patients
UVA Health researchers have identified a potential treatment to prevent severe COVID-19 in patients at great risk.
Mar 13, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Gut microbiome can play key role in response to CAR-T cell cancer immunotherapy
Scientists from German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), together with colleagues from Germany, Israel, and the U.S., have found that the gut microbiome may modulate the efficacy of CAR-T cellular immunotherapy CAR-T cells in ...
Mar 13, 2023
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Gastroenterology
Researchers discover the role of intestinal fibrosis in inflammatory bowel disease
Intestinal fibrosis is a common feature of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the primary cause of end-stage organ failure. Traditionally considered a bystander of inflammation, with negligible involvement in disease pathogenesis, ...
Mar 9, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Using organ-on-a-chip technology to elucidate the liver pathophysiology of COVID-19 patients
SARS-CoV-2 infects and causes damage to multiple organs in COVID-19 patients. In particular, liver damage has been associated with COVID-19 severity. However, an understanding of the liver pathophysiology of these patients ...
Mar 8, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer cells protect their neighbors, shows study
Certain chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer cells protect neighboring cancer cells by sending signals that induce resistance, according to a new study from University of Pittsburgh and UPMC researchers that may help explain ...
Mar 3, 2023
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Medical research
Researchers discover vasculogenic fibroblast, a missing piece in understanding how blood vessels are made
Researchers from the Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine and Engineering (ICRME) have identified a new type of cell in the human and mouse body, called the vasculogenic fibroblast, that provides critical insight into ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Making hepatitis C care easier when treatment seems impossible
A health care team at Oregon Health & Science University is trying a different approach to caring for patients who have, or are at risk for, hepatitis C, helping overcome barriers that can otherwise make receiving testing ...
Feb 24, 2023
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Neuroscience
How the Mongolian gerbil may help speed recovery of a rare inner ear problem
To patients of P. Ashley Wackym, a surgical otologist-neurotologist at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, a diagnosis of superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD) can feel like a death sentence.
Feb 17, 2023
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Addiction
Machine learning model helps doctors predict opioid prescription risk for patients
Researchers at the University of Alberta are using a form of artificial intelligence to help doctors better predict which patients are at risk of adverse outcomes from opioid prescriptions.
Feb 16, 2023
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Genetics
New strategy lengthens limbs to treat skeletal disorder
Robinow Syndrome is the best known of a set of genetic disorders that affect the growth and development of the skeletal system. Patients with these conditions have facial abnormalities, such as cleft palate, and develop short-limb ...
Feb 15, 2023
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