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Lymphoma patients can benefit from early CAR T treatment, study shows

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy or CAR T is a breakthrough treatment for patients with certain types of blood cancers.

13 Dec 2021

Hotel-based protective housing minimizes COVID-19 rates in vulnerable homeless population

Persons experiencing homelessness (PEH) who were at high risk of severe COVID-19 were 2.5 times less likely to contract SARS-CoV-2 if they were provided with individual hotel rooms and medical and social support compared to citywide rates in homeless shelters, according to new research from the University of Chicago Medicine, Lawndale Christian Health Center, and the Chicago Department of Public Health.

13 Dec 2021

Scientists describe dynamic genomic landscape of tumor heterogeneity in hepatocellular carcinoma

Clinician scientists and scientists from the National Cancer Centre Singapore and A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore, in collaboration with Singapore General Hospital, the National University Health System, Duke-NUS Medical School, Nanyang Technological University, and collaborators from China, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, have described a dynamic genomic landscape of tumour heterogeneity in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

13 Dec 2021

NCCN publishes new guidelines to help cervical cancer patients become more informed about care

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has published new NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Cervical Cancer to help people with cervical cancer become more informed, suggest what conversations to have with their doctor, and be active decision makers in their treatment.

13 Dec 2021

Digital interventions may help meet the growing demand for psychological treatment

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on mental health across the globe. Depression is predicted to be the leading cause of lost life years due to illness by 2030.

13 Dec 2021

Iota-carrageenan inhibits replication of SARS-CoV-2 VOCs

Scientists have recently reported the efficacy of carrageenan against both the SARS-CoV-2 original strain as well as the Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta VOCs.

13 Dec 2021

Financial hardship exceedingly common among pregnant and postpartum women in the U.S.

Pregnancy and the year after delivery is a critical period for health care access for birthing individuals and babies.

13 Dec 2021

Adults with pathogenic copy number variants more likely to have poorer health, study suggests

Adults with specific genetic causes of mental health and other brain disorders had significantly higher rates of chronic disease and twice as many annual emergency room visits when compared to a control group without these genetic conditions, a Geisinger study found.

13 Dec 2021

Third dose of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine increases protection against omicron variant

A new study examines the variation in vaccine effectiveness against virus variants using estimated reductions in neutralizing antibody levels from published studies.

13 Dec 2021

COVID-19 in association with pre-existing mental and physical health issues

The present study attempts to identify the factors that increase the risk of COVID-19 infection or confer protection against COVID-19 in a study population above 55 years of age known to experience higher morbidity and risk of mortality from COVID-19.

13 Dec 2021

SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell and antibody responses in healthcare workers that suffered from COVID-19 one year ago

Researchers have been investigating the immune response in previously infected healthcare workers after they receive these vaccines.

13 Dec 2021

Proactive wins over reactive responses to COVID-19

A new study looks at how the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions can be quantified and assessed for robustness and resilience.

12 Dec 2021

Effectiveness of COVID-19 booster vaccination strategies in partially vaccinated populations

Study reveals that the most beneficial vaccination strategy is to distribute all available doses of COVID-19 vaccines predominantly for primary vaccinations and the remaining doses for boosters.

12 Dec 2021

Statistical model builds SARS-CoV-2 interactome with miRNAs, protein-coding genes, and co-infecting microbes

A team of researchers recently developed a statistical modeling method known as multiple-layer crosstalk (MLCrosstalk).

12 Dec 2021

Health experts recommend the increase in UK COVID-19 alert level from Level 3 to Level 4

Following advice from the UK Health Security Agency and in the light of the rapid increase in Omicron cases, the UK Chief Medical Officers and NHS England National Medical Director have recommended to ministers that the UK COVID-19 alert level should increase from Level 3 to Level 4.

12 Dec 2021

Novel immunotherapy shows promise for children, young adults with recurrent AML

An immunotherapy harnessing the immune system's "natural killer" cells has proven effective in treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in some adults whose cancers return.

12 Dec 2021

Formula 1's biggest stars urge all fans to get their COVID-19 vaccine

Formula 1's biggest stars have backed the UK's vaccine rollout and urged all fans to get their jab as soon as possible this winter in a new film out today (Saturday 11 December).

12 Dec 2021

New insights about COVID-19 vaccination rates among people living with HIV

The AIDS Clinical Trials Group, the largest global HIV research network, which recently expanded its focus to include evaluating outpatient treatment for COVID-19, today announced that insights around COVID-19 vaccination rates among people living with HV have been published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

10 Dec 2021

COVID-19 booster program accelerated, 22 million people in the UK have received top-up jabs

More than 22 million people in the UK have now received a COVID-19 top up jab, as the booster programme is accelerated this winter.

10 Dec 2021

Research suggests targeting fusion peptide-calcium interaction may help treat COVID-19

Researchers discovered that the entry of coronaviruses is a Ca2+-dependent process and focused their studies on the SARS-1 FP-Ca2+ interaction and its effect on membranes using electron spin resonance (ESR).

10 Dec 2021

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Latest Healthcare News and Research

Lymphoma patients can benefit from early CAR T treatment, study shows

Hotel-based protective housing minimizes COVID-19 rates in vulnerable homeless population

Scientists describe dynamic genomic landscape of tumor heterogeneity in hepatocellular carcinoma

NCCN publishes new guidelines to help cervical cancer patients become more informed about care

Digital interventions may help meet the growing demand for psychological treatment

Iota-carrageenan inhibits replication of SARS-CoV-2 VOCs

Financial hardship exceedingly common among pregnant and postpartum women in the U.S.

Adults with pathogenic copy number variants more likely to have poorer health, study suggests

Third dose of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine increases protection against omicron variant

COVID-19 in association with pre-existing mental and physical health issues

SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell and antibody responses in healthcare workers that suffered from COVID-19 one year ago

Proactive wins over reactive responses to COVID-19

Effectiveness of COVID-19 booster vaccination strategies in partially vaccinated populations

Statistical model builds SARS-CoV-2 interactome with miRNAs, protein-coding genes, and co-infecting microbes

Health experts recommend the increase in UK COVID-19 alert level from Level 3 to Level 4

Novel immunotherapy shows promise for children, young adults with recurrent AML

Formula 1's biggest stars urge all fans to get their COVID-19 vaccine

New insights about COVID-19 vaccination rates among people living with HIV

COVID-19 booster program accelerated, 22 million people in the UK have received top-up jabs

Research suggests targeting fusion peptide-calcium interaction may help treat COVID-19

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