Combining five existing drugs can keep a highly aggressive type of bone marrow cancer at bay for longer, an innovative trial has shown.
Jun 23, 2023
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Scientists have pinpointed genetic changes that can leave children born with little to no immune defense against infection.
May 24, 2024
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Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that a type of white blood cell—called a regulatory T cell—exists as a single large population of cells that constantly move throughout the body looking for, and ...
Jun 18, 2024
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In the majority of cases, graft failure after heart transplantation is attributable to abnormalities like severe coronary artery disease. As donors with extended criteria like advanced age and pre-existing heart conditions ...
Apr 25, 2023
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A national policy change to facilitate the broader sharing of donor livers through "acuity circles" has resulted in procurement delays, according to a researcher at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
May 20, 2022
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A new study raised questions about how well COVID-19 vaccines protect organ transplant recipients—and what precautions people with suppressed immune systems should take after the shots.
Mar 15, 2021
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Antibiotics are among the most powerful superheroes of medicine. From the introduction of penicillin in the 1930s to the dramatic rescues that occur today when doctors use strong antibiotics like vancomycin to combat "superbugs," ...
Jun 15, 2022
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Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that colonizes the stomach lining and is found in more than half of the global population, making it one of the most widespread bacterial infections in the world.
Jan 25, 2023
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Duke University doctors say a baby is thriving after a first-of-its-kind heart transplant—one that came with a bonus technique to try to help prevent rejection of the new organ.
Mar 8, 2022
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City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, treated the oldest person to be cured of a blood cancer and then achieve remission for HIV after receiving a blood stem cell ...
Feb 14, 2024
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