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Black patients with cancer experience worse outcomes after COVID-19 diagnosis

Black patients with cancer experienced significantly worse outcomes after COVID-19 diagnosis than non-Hispanic white cancer patients in a study published March 28 in JAMA Network Open.

28 Mar 2022

Magneto-activated natural killer cells for treating solid tumors

Cancer immunotherapy - a type of treatment that enlists our own immune cells to attack tumors - has revolutionized the way that many types of cancer are treated. One type of immunotherapy under investigation uses natural killer cells, a type of immune cell that can seek and destroy harmful cells.

28 Mar 2022

Novel drug combination can boost chemoimmunotherapy response in bladder cancer patients

Adding an anti-inflammatory medication to immunotherapy and standard chemotherapy drugs may provide long-term suppression of aggressive bladder tumor growth, according to a proof-of-concept study led by Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators.

28 Mar 2022

Timely stroke treatment could benefit people with preexisting disability and dementia

According to a new American Heart Association scientific statement, people with dementia or a pre-existing disability who receive timely and appropriate treatment for ischemic stroke (caused by a blood clot) may avoid additional disability and the subsequent health and financial impacts of stroke.

28 Mar 2022

Chaperone-mediated autophagy needed to protect against atherosclerosis

Revving up a process that slows down as we age may protect against atherosclerosis, a major cause of heart attacks and strokes.

28 Mar 2022

Spirituality can have a positive impact on quality of life for heart failure patients

Numerous studies have shown that spirituality can help improve quality of life for people with chronic diseases like cancer.

28 Mar 2022

New, potential treatment combination for patients with aggressive head and neck cancer

The current treatment of patients diagnosed with advanced or metastatic head and neck cancer (HNC) is ineffective.

28 Mar 2022

Depression occurs independently of inflammation for many older people, study suggests

Multiple prior studies have found higher levels of inflammation in older individuals with depression. Now, a new Penn Medicine study has found that clinically depressed older individuals, on average, don't have elevated levels of inflammation if they don't already have other inflammatory conditions such as arthritis.

28 Mar 2022

Evaluating severity of influenza infection in ferrets with COVID-19 history

In a new study, researchers investigated the effect of SARS-CoV-2 exposure on the severity of influenza in ferrets.

28 Mar 2022

Study investigates room-temperature stable, self-amplifying RNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2

Researchers applied a previously developed thermostable self-amplifying ribonucleic acid vaccine to COVID-19.

28 Mar 2022

Benefits of heterotypic vaccination against variants of SARS-CoV-2

A new study evaluated the antibody responses against the newly emerged SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant upon heterotypic vaccination in animal models.

28 Mar 2022

Study finds fewer hospital visits for stroke in first year of COVID-19 pandemic

The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw fewer hospital visits for stroke, fewer stroke therapies, more treatment delays and a higher risk of in-hospital deaths in the subsequent COVID-19 waves, according to an Alberta study published in CMAJ.

28 Mar 2022

The effects of severe COVID-19 on the lungs after one year

While short-term lung damage has been reported in patients hospitalized with pneumonia caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), there is little data on the more chronic sequelae of this condition. A new research paper summarizes data from patients seen one year from discharge.

27 Mar 2022

Clinical determinants of post-COVID-19 thromboembolism

Researchers quantify the risk of acute VTE due to SARS-CoV-2 infection in ambulatory settings.

27 Mar 2022

New approach to help low- and middle-income countries reduce premature mortality from NCDs

Most of the world's countries have made little progress towards a target adopted by the United Nations in 2015, which called for the world to reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases by a third by 2030.

27 Mar 2022

Researchers discover new pathway for DNA transfer in tumor microenvironment

University of Notre Dame researchers have discovered another way tumor cells transfer genetic material to other cells in their microenvironment, causing cancer to spread.

25 Mar 2022

New trial examines the effectiveness of a two-pronged immunotherapy for glioblastomas

A new clinical trial at the University of Cincinnati is studying the effectiveness of a new two-pronged immunotherapy treatment procedure to treat the most aggressive and deadly type of brain tumors, called glioblastomas. Originating from healthy brain cells, glioblastomas can form in any area of the brain.

25 Mar 2022

SARS-CoV-2 virus may have lingering effects on peripheral nerves

Adding to a growing body of evidence that, for many, problems related to COVID-19 linger longer than the initial infection, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that some people infected during the pandemic's early months experienced peripheral neuropathy - pain, tingling and numbness in the hands and feet - during and following their bouts with the virus.

25 Mar 2022

Study explores macrophage susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 virions

A new study investigated the susceptibility of macrophages to SARS-CoV-2 virions.

25 Mar 2022

Scientists describe use of PCR in detecting SARS-CoV-2 in paraffine-embedded tissues

Scientists compared the efficacy of the quantitative polymerase chain reaction method and immunohistochemistry in detecting SARS-CoV-2 in different human tissues.

25 Mar 2022

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Black patients with cancer experience worse outcomes after COVID-19 diagnosis

Magneto-activated natural killer cells for treating solid tumors

Novel drug combination can boost chemoimmunotherapy response in bladder cancer patients

Timely stroke treatment could benefit people with preexisting disability and dementia

Chaperone-mediated autophagy needed to protect against atherosclerosis

Spirituality can have a positive impact on quality of life for heart failure patients

New, potential treatment combination for patients with aggressive head and neck cancer

Depression occurs independently of inflammation for many older people, study suggests

Evaluating severity of influenza infection in ferrets with COVID-19 history

Study investigates room-temperature stable, self-amplifying RNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2

Benefits of heterotypic vaccination against variants of SARS-CoV-2

Study finds fewer hospital visits for stroke in first year of COVID-19 pandemic

The effects of severe COVID-19 on the lungs after one year

Clinical determinants of post-COVID-19 thromboembolism

New approach to help low- and middle-income countries reduce premature mortality from NCDs

Researchers discover new pathway for DNA transfer in tumor microenvironment

New trial examines the effectiveness of a two-pronged immunotherapy for glioblastomas

SARS-CoV-2 virus may have lingering effects on peripheral nerves

Study explores macrophage susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 virions

Scientists describe use of PCR in detecting SARS-CoV-2 in paraffine-embedded tissues

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