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Breakthrough genetic discovery into the cause of severe neurological conditions

Researchers have made a breakthrough genetic discovery into the cause of a spectrum of severe neurological conditions.

8 Oct 2020

Using mRNA therapies or CRISPR gene editing to treat cystic fibrosis

The potential for treating cystic fibrosis (CF) using mRNA therapies or CRISPR gene editing is possible regardless of the causative mutation. CF clinical trials showing that a genotype-agnostic gene therapy for CF is possible are reviewed in the peer-reviewed journal Human Gene Therapy.

8 Oct 2020

Severe COVID-19 during pregnancy associated with adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes

Pregnant women with severe or critical COVID-19 and their unborn infants face increased health risks before and after delivery, a Rutgers study finds.

8 Oct 2020

Young doctor succumbs to COVID, one of the south’s many health workers lost

It took Carrie Wanamaker several days to connect the face she saw on GoFundMe with the young woman she had met a few years before.

8 Oct 2020

Older adults use cannabis for medical purposes, study finds

With growing interest in its potential health benefits and new legislation favoring legalization in more states, cannabis use is becoming more common among older adults.

7 Oct 2020

New biomarker may help identify patients at risk for graft-versus-host disease after stem cell transplants

A recent report published in Science Translational Medicine by MUSC Hollings Cancer Center investigator Sophie Paczesny, M.D., Ph.D., sheds light on immune cell biomarkers that may reveal which patients are most at risk for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), a life-threatening condition that can arise after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for treatment of liquid cancers such as leukemia.

7 Oct 2020

UC Davis School of Medicine and UTHealth receive NIH grant for dementia research

A team of brain scientists from UC Davis School of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has been awarded a six-year grant expected to total $53.6 million from the National Institutes of Health.

7 Oct 2020

New project aims to improve quality of life for dementia patients in care homes

£1.2 million in government funding will help researchers develop an innovative online program to improve and personalise care for people with dementia in care homes, which were hard-hit by the COVID-19 crisis.

7 Oct 2020

Two Penn Medicine researchers selected for prestigious NIH Director's Awards

Picture a future where embedded medical devices not only treat and teach patients, but learn from them. Imagine chronic pain being managed without the negative side effects of opioids. Penn Medicine researchers are working to make those scenarios a reality.

6 Oct 2020

Boys and girls who experience earlier puberty have increased risk of self-harm

Boys and girls who experience puberty earlier than their peers have an increased risk of self-harm in adolescence, a study funded by the National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre and published in the journal Epidemiology & Psychiatric Sciences today [Tuesday 6 October] has found.

6 Oct 2020

Genetic risk scoring of lipoprotein(a) can predict risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Elevated levels of a little-known lipoprotein in the blood that may put people at high risk of cardiovascular disease can be as accurately detected by genetic testing as by conventional laboratory measurement, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found.

6 Oct 2020

Research indicates increased breast cancer mortality in African American and Black survivors

Although breast cancer does not discriminate between race or gender, research suggests that there is increased breast cancer mortality and poorer health-related quality of life in female African American and Black survivors of the disease.

6 Oct 2020

HPV vaccination mandates did not improve rates of HPV vaccine series completion, shows study

A postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Riverside, has discovered human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccination mandates fall short of ensuring both higher levels of uptake and equal uptake of the vaccine across socioeconomic and racial-ethnic groups.

6 Oct 2020

Programs known to reverse the negative effects of poverty are being widely neglected, shows report

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has caused widespread harm to the health and well-being of already vulnerable children and adolescents in the U.S., particularly those in low-income households and children of color.

6 Oct 2020

Individual and socioeconomic factors associated with COVID infection, hospitalization and death

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is actively spreading across nations, with millions of people affected. In the United States alone, more than 7.45 million people have been infected, and more than 210,000 have died.

5 Oct 2020

COVID-19 spread rebounds quickly after relaxation of social distancing measures

Across the U.S., the relaxation of statewide physical distancing measures that are designed to control the COVID-19 pandemic frequently resulted in an immediate reversal of public health gains against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and colleagues reported.

5 Oct 2020

Study identifies determinants of unemployment in individuals with multiple sclerosis

Lauren Strober, PhD, at Kessler Foundation recently published results of the first prospective study of employment and multiple sclerosis (MS).

5 Oct 2020

Study compares antibiotic therapy with surgery in patients with appendicitis

Results of a first-of-its-kind clinical trial shed light on when antibiotics instead of surgery might be the better choice for treating appendicitis in some patients, according to researchers with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, who led the Houston trial sites.

5 Oct 2020

Wyss Institute’s technologies licensed to Agile Biodetection to aid COVID-19 diagnostic efforts

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced today that its nasopharyngeal swab and toehold switch technologies have been licensed to Alabama-based Agile Biodetection, which will use them to develop solutions for unmet diagnostic needs in the detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in environmental or clinical settings.

5 Oct 2020

Researchers receive $3.2 million to use AI for improving heart transplant outcomes

A team of researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, were recently awarded a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to enhance research for improving heart transplant outcomes for patients.

5 Oct 2020

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Breakthrough genetic discovery into the cause of severe neurological conditions

Using mRNA therapies or CRISPR gene editing to treat cystic fibrosis

Severe COVID-19 during pregnancy associated with adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes

Young doctor succumbs to COVID, one of the south’s many health workers lost

Older adults use cannabis for medical purposes, study finds

New biomarker may help identify patients at risk for graft-versus-host disease after stem cell transplants

UC Davis School of Medicine and UTHealth receive NIH grant for dementia research

New project aims to improve quality of life for dementia patients in care homes

Two Penn Medicine researchers selected for prestigious NIH Director's Awards

Boys and girls who experience earlier puberty have increased risk of self-harm

Genetic risk scoring of lipoprotein(a) can predict risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Research indicates increased breast cancer mortality in African American and Black survivors

HPV vaccination mandates did not improve rates of HPV vaccine series completion, shows study

Programs known to reverse the negative effects of poverty are being widely neglected, shows report

Individual and socioeconomic factors associated with COVID infection, hospitalization and death

COVID-19 spread rebounds quickly after relaxation of social distancing measures

Study identifies determinants of unemployment in individuals with multiple sclerosis

Study compares antibiotic therapy with surgery in patients with appendicitis

Wyss Institute’s technologies licensed to Agile Biodetection to aid COVID-19 diagnostic efforts

Researchers receive $3.2 million to use AI for improving heart transplant outcomes

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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