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Special issue supports a national program to improve access to PrEP for preventing the spread of HIV

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have contributed to a special issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics, including studies and commentary that support a national program to improve access to PrEP, a medication that prevents the spread of HIV.

29 Jul 2022

Researchers use a tumor organoid system to examine bacterial effects on immunotherapy

Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine researchers are using a tumor organoid system to examine the effects of metabolites secreted by bacteria on a specialized immunotherapy – immune checkpoint blockage, a promising cancer treatment development – to determine why some patients don't respond or develop a resistance to the treatment over time.

29 Jul 2022

Prenatal opioid exposure may cause long-term neurological or behavioral effects later in a child's life

While infants exposed to opioids during their mother's pregnancy have been linked to adverse health outcomes, a new study at the University of Missouri has found prenatal opioid exposure could trigger long-term neurological or behavioral effects later in a child's life.

29 Jul 2022

IVI successfully completes the '2022 Introductory Course for Biologics Development and Manufacturing'

The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) successfully completed the '2022 Introductory Course for Biologics Development and Manufacturing' on July 29 to train 106 participants from 24 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and 32 from the Republic of Korea.

29 Jul 2022

Reducing COVID-19–related surgical backlog using innovative models of service delivery

JMIR Publications recently published "A Canadian Weekend Elective Pediatric Surgery Program to Reduce the COVID-19–Related Backlog: Operating Room Ramp-Up After COVID-19 Lockdown Ends-;Extra Lists (ORRACLE-Xtra) Implementation Study" in JMIR Perioperative Medicine which reported that a decrease in surgical services led to substantial backlogs for time-sensitive scheduled pediatric patients.

29 Jul 2022

Using a bibliometric approach to evaluate the scientific literature on digital teaching in medical education

JMIR Publications recently published "Digital Teaching in Medical Education: Scientific Literature Landscape Review" in JMIR Medical Education which reported that digital teaching in medical education has grown in popularity in recent years.

29 Jul 2022

Long periods in space can make bones age prematurely by up to ten years

Long periods in space damage bone structure irreparably in some cases and can make parts of the human skeleton age prematurely by up to 10 years.

29 Jul 2022

Two Weill Cornell doctoral students receive Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study from HHMI

Two doctoral students at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences have been awarded prestigious Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

29 Jul 2022

Study finds asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection induced comparable memory B cell responses to mild symptomatic infection in young adults

Researchers identified that among healthy young adults, the development of SARS-CoV-2 triggered memory B cell and antibody reactions were equivalent following mildly symptomatic or asymptomatic infections.

29 Jul 2022

New report provides a detailed picture of people with younger onset dementia

Younger onset dementia has a devastating impact on the lives of people diagnosed and their families, with many developing complex care needs as their illness progresses. In a new study of 5,400 people with younger onset dementia by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), over half (58%) required permanent residential aged care, with 25% of these people aged under 65 at the time of entry to care.

29 Jul 2022

Researchers develop new lab-based model of the heart and circulatory system

Researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have developed a new lab-based model of a heart and circulatory system that will help test devices to treat patients with one of the most common forms of heart failure.

29 Jul 2022

SARS-CoV-2 spike subunit 2–targeted vaccine could more effectively combat all human coronaviruses

In a new study, researchers evidenced that the S2 subunit of SARS-CoV-2 spike (S) could be an integral component of a pan-coronavirus vaccine.

29 Jul 2022

What the polio case in New York tells us about the end of polio

No one studying polio knew more than Albert Sabin, the Polish-American scientist whose vaccine against the crippling disease has been used worldwide since 1959.

29 Jul 2022

One Health approach for emergent and resurgent infectious diseases

A recent editorial published in The Lancet Microbe underscored the ‘One Health’ policy for surveilling emergent infectious diseases.

29 Jul 2022

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of medical professionals towards monkeypox in Italy

Researchers assessed the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of healthcare workers (HCWs) towards monkeypox (MPX) in Italy.

29 Jul 2022

Can spirituality lead to better health?

Can spirituality lead to better health outcomes? In this interview, we speak to Dr. Tracy Balboni from Harvard Medical School to find out more!

29 Jul 2022

Ultra-precise gene therapy technologies could edit or silence faulty genes causing fatal heart diseases

An injectable cure for inherited heart muscle conditions that can kill young people in the prime of their lives could be available within a few years, after an international team of researchers were announced as the winners of the British Heart Foundation's Big Beat Challenge.

29 Jul 2022

Modifi Bio comes up with a new technology to combat cancer cells with DNA modification

Modifi Biosciences announced today that the journal Science has published a critical study validating the company's novel oncology platform based on new classes of molecules that exploit tumor-associated DNA repair defects through direct cancer cell DNA modification.

29 Jul 2022

AI-based tools have failed to reach the full diagnostic potential in COVID-19, study finds

Published by the Journal of Radiology: Artificial Intelligence, a prospective observational study across 12 hospital systems from the University of Minnesota Medical School evaluated the real-time performance of an interpretable artificial intelligence (AI) model to detect COVID-19 from chest X-rays.

29 Jul 2022

Novel algorithm identifies adverse drug events across the seven pediatric development stages

Side effects from pediatric drug treatment are responsible for nearly 10 percent of childhood hospitalizations, with nearly half of those being life-threatening. Despite the need to know more about these drugs and the adverse events they can have on children, little evidence is currently available.

28 Jul 2022

Medicine News and Research

Special issue supports a national program to improve access to PrEP for preventing the spread of HIV

Researchers use a tumor organoid system to examine bacterial effects on immunotherapy

Prenatal opioid exposure may cause long-term neurological or behavioral effects later in a child's life

IVI successfully completes the '2022 Introductory Course for Biologics Development and Manufacturing'

Reducing COVID-19–related surgical backlog using innovative models of service delivery

Using a bibliometric approach to evaluate the scientific literature on digital teaching in medical education

Long periods in space can make bones age prematurely by up to ten years

Two Weill Cornell doctoral students receive Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study from HHMI

Study finds asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection induced comparable memory B cell responses to mild symptomatic infection in young adults

New report provides a detailed picture of people with younger onset dementia

Researchers develop new lab-based model of the heart and circulatory system

SARS-CoV-2 spike subunit 2–targeted vaccine could more effectively combat all human coronaviruses

What the polio case in New York tells us about the end of polio

One Health approach for emergent and resurgent infectious diseases

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of medical professionals towards monkeypox in Italy

Can spirituality lead to better health?

Ultra-precise gene therapy technologies could edit or silence faulty genes causing fatal heart diseases

Modifi Bio comes up with a new technology to combat cancer cells with DNA modification

AI-based tools have failed to reach the full diagnostic potential in COVID-19, study finds

Novel algorithm identifies adverse drug events across the seven pediatric development stages

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