Surgery
'Walking miracles': Born with lungs reversed, they suffered until getting double-organ transplants
Dennis Deer woke from surgery in utter disbelief that he was breathing normally.
Aug 8, 2023
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Immunology
Pre-transplant microbiome sets the stage for graft-versus-host disease
Bone marrow transplants have saved the lives of thousands of blood cancer patients, but graft-versus-host disease, or GVHD, remains a debilitating and even life-threatening complication. A new study from Fred Hutchinson Cancer ...
Aug 7, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Three doses of COVID-19 vaccine leads to catch-up antibody responses among the particularly vulnerable, finds study
Even vulnerable people, who are at risk of severe COVID-19, achieved good antibody levels after three doses of mRNA vaccine. This is shown by a study from the University of Gothenburg on patients having undergone a bone marrow ...
Aug 1, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Learning the language of cells to beat cancer
Human cells are constantly communicating, and some cells, particularly in cancer, are master manipulators, using these communications channels to persuade innocent bystander cells to collude and participate in tumor growth. ...
Aug 1, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Consumer Health: Are you at risk for hepatitis?
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. The five main strains of the hepatitis virus are referred to as types A, B, C, D and E. While they all cause liver disease, they differ in geographic prevalence, modes of transmission, ...
Jul 29, 2023
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Surgery
Study shows mitochondrial transplantation effective in reversing damage to kidneys and kidney cells
According to the National Kidney Foundation, more than 100,000 Americans are waiting for a kidney transplant, and the demand for donated kidneys far exceeds the supply. In fact, only 25,498 kidney transplants were performed ...
Jul 27, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Younger patients with multiple myeloma can achieve durable survival
Younger adults with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who receive an autologous stem cell transplant (auto-HCT) have a median progression-free survival (PFS) of approximately 3.5 years and a median overall survival (OS) of ...
Jul 27, 2023
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Health informatics
Race-specific approach to spirometry disadvantages Black patients
A race-specific approach to spirometry interpretation results in a lower lung allocation score (LAS) for Black patients and a higher LAS for White patients, according to a study published online May 26 in the Annals of the ...
Jul 26, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study links alcohol-associated liver disease to abnormal cutting and rejoining of molecules
Alcohol consumption is a major cause of chronic liver disease. The disease, which has devastating consequences, progresses through stages of hepatitis (inflammation), fibrosis (scarring) and cirrhosis (severe scarring). Advanced ...
Jul 25, 2023
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Medical research
Study demonstrates ability to remove key barrier to an HIV cure
The results of a novel study presented by Emory researchers during the International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference in Brisbane, Australia, have revealed exciting findings in the pursuit of an HIV cure. The study, led by Monica ...
Jul 25, 2023
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