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LSHTM expert comments on NICE approval of first long-acting injectable HIV treatment

NHS watch-dog, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), has published guidance recommending the use of the first long-acting injectable treatment for HIV-1.

18 Nov 2021

Public health measures should be continued alongside covid-19 vaccination, suggest experts

Several personal protective and social measures, including handwashing, mask wearing, and physical distancing are associated with reductions in the incidence covid-19 and should be continued alongside vaccination, suggest experts after reviewing the latest evidence in The BMJ today.

18 Nov 2021

Experts debate whether whole genome sequencing is necessary for all newborn babies

Genomics England, a government owned company, recently announced a pilot programme of whole genome sequencing to screen for genetic diseases in 200,000 healthy seeming newborns.

18 Nov 2021

New mothers' placenta could help reduce brain injury in other growth-restricted babies

The placenta from mothers of healthy newborns could one day be used to reduce brain injury in growth-restricted babies, according to University of Queensland research.

18 Nov 2021

Johns Hopkins scientists create a stunning 3D map of blood vessels and stem cells in mouse skull

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists have used glowing chemicals and other techniques to create a 3D map of the blood vessels and self-renewing "stem" cells that line and penetrate a mouse skull.

18 Nov 2021

Researchers receive $22 million grant for clinical trial that aims to reduce lung transplant rejection

Physicians at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston have received a seven-year, $22 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health to help lead a multicenter clinical trial evaluating whether a novel immunosuppressant can reduce the risk of organ rejection after a lung transplant.

18 Nov 2021

$10 million gift helps launch the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Penn

Thanks to a generous $10 million gift from Stewart and Judy Colton, the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will continue to be on the leading edge of autoimmune research and care with the launch of the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Penn.

18 Nov 2021

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn announces Dr. Ude Welcome as new chief of surgery

Akuezunkpa O. Ude Welcome, MD, a renowned bariatric and minimally invasive gastrointestinal surgeon, has been named chief of surgery at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn.

18 Nov 2021

New strategies for dealing with future pandemics

In a recent study, researchers explore strategies for managing pandemics as well as model potentially optimal solutions.

18 Nov 2021

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Boosting confusion

With covid caseloads rising across much of the country, several governors and mayors are unilaterally expanding access to booster shots, getting out ahead of federal health officials.

18 Nov 2021

Novel strategy to produce SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein for serological testing

New research discusses an alternative method of purifying the SARS-CoV-2 N protein using only metal exchange chromatography and denaturing conditions.

18 Nov 2021

What is the global prevalence of long COVID?

This study aims to provide a comprehensive synthesis of information on the prevalence and symptoms of PASC.

18 Nov 2021

Simulating SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics for reopening European universities

Researchers from Graz University of Technology modeled transmission dynamics in a European university.

18 Nov 2021

Antiretroviral drugs detected in drinking water

Years ago, there was a time that kids from a rural village in South Africa still wanted to swim in the rivers nearby. But when they got out of the water, those with sensitive skins would have the worst rash ever, says Prof Philiswa Nomngongo.

18 Nov 2021

Short-term severe calorie restriction safe, feasible, and well tolerated by cancer patients

A diet involving short-term, severe calorie restriction was safe, feasible, and resulted in a decrease of blood glucose and growth factor concentration, reduction in peripheral blood immunosuppressive cells, and enhanced intratumor T-cell infiltration in cancer patients receiving standard-of-care therapy, according to the results of a clinical trial.

18 Nov 2021

Structure of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein postfusion

A new study published in PNAS proposes a higher resolution in situ structure of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in its postfusion state.

18 Nov 2021

Study shows higher health care costs and worse outcomes for incontinent patients

Higher cost of care and worse patient outcomes are associated with incontinence and incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) in acute care settings, according to analysis published in the Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing, the official journal of the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society.

18 Nov 2021

Research News and Research

LSHTM expert comments on NICE approval of first long-acting injectable HIV treatment

Public health measures should be continued alongside covid-19 vaccination, suggest experts

Experts debate whether whole genome sequencing is necessary for all newborn babies

New mothers' placenta could help reduce brain injury in other growth-restricted babies

Johns Hopkins scientists create a stunning 3D map of blood vessels and stem cells in mouse skull

Researchers receive $22 million grant for clinical trial that aims to reduce lung transplant rejection

$10 million gift helps launch the Colton Center for Autoimmunity at Penn

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn announces Dr. Ude Welcome as new chief of surgery

New strategies for dealing with future pandemics

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Boosting confusion

Novel strategy to produce SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein for serological testing

What is the global prevalence of long COVID?

Simulating SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics for reopening European universities

Antiretroviral drugs detected in drinking water

Short-term severe calorie restriction safe, feasible, and well tolerated by cancer patients

Structure of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein postfusion

Study shows higher health care costs and worse outcomes for incontinent patients

Researchers develop a new way of coupling biomaterials to living cells

Experts develop a functional precision medicine approach to assign therapies to cancer patients

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