Monthly Archives: October 2023

Cardiovascular

Walgreens Collaborates with Cardiovascular Research Foundation on Valvular Heart Disease Clinical Trial

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19
Oct

Credit: wildpixel / iStock Walgreens and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) announced a collaboration on a population-based clinical trial that seeks to quantify the prevalence of valvular heart disease (VHD) in older Americans. Under the terms of the deal, Walgreens will leverage its broad national presence to help recruit potential trial participants employing its clinical […]

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Infection

Penn Study on Immune Response to COVID Breakthrough Infections

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PHILADELPHIA—While COVID-19 breakthrough infections—a SARS-CoV-2 infection that occurs after receiving COVID-19 vaccines—can occur, for healthy individuals with vaccine-induced immunity, these breakthrough infections do not often cause severe disease. There has been limited research to uncover why these breakthrough infections do not lead to severe infections, until now. A team led by researchers in the Perelman […]

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Blood

Prediction of Amyloid PET Positivity from Blood-Based Biomarkers, Proteomics, and Clinical Data Discovered through Aitia’s Digital Twins to be Presented at CTAD 2023

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SOMERVILLE, Mass., Oct. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Aitia, the leader in the application of Causal AI and Digital Twins to discover and develop new drugs, announced today that data from its Alzheimer’s Disease Digital Twins will be presented at the upcoming Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD), being held from October 24-27,2023 in Boston, MA. Aitia’s […]

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Blood

CAR T-cell therapy effective in patients with blood cancer regardless of race: Study

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19
Oct

Micrograph of a plasmacytoma, the histologic correlate of multiple myeloma. H&E stain. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 Patients with multiple myeloma treated with idecabtagene vicleucel, known as “ide-cel,” a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, had no difference in overall survival outcomes regardless of race and ethnicity, according to a study published in Blood Advances. “With […]

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Blood

Hypertension: 2 probiotics could help control blood pressure

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19
Oct

Share on PinterestTaking probiotic supplements may help with controlling hypertension, research suggests. Robert Michael/picture alliance via Getty Images Risk factors for high blood pressure, or hypertension, include eating an unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, smoking or drinking excessive alcohol, and having obesity or overweight. Evidence is increasing that probiotics, whether taken as supplements or as […]

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Blood

Marquette at 19% of goal in blood drive competition; donate Oct. 24 

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19
Oct

Marquette has collected 99 units of blood as part of its blood drive competition with Butler University, which is 19% of the university’s 500-unit goal. Help Marquette continue its strong start by donating on Tuesday, Oct. 24, from 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Straz Tower 106.  Interested participants can register online. While appointments are […]

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Blood

In-home Blood Collection Services

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A patient’s physician or nurse practitioner will initiate the request for this service through the Nova Scotia Health Pathology and Laboratory Medicine In-Home Blood Collection referral process. Eligible Criteria: Patients (12 years old or older) eligible to be referred for this service are as follows:  Housebound and unable to go out of the home; or […]

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Blood

Adi Shankar Discusses Netflix’s New Animated Series ‘Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix’

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19
Oct

Pictures courtesy of Adi Shankar and Netflix Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix is now streaming globally, and we managed to sit down with creator Adi Shankar to discuss the new Netflix sci-fi series and a number of other topics.  Throughout this section of the interview, we’ll hear Shankar’s collaborative process with the French studio […]

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