New Guideline to Promote Health Equity in Canada
Canadian Medical Association Journal
16 recommendations to help people facing disadvantages and barriers to accessing health care
Clinical Lab News
Trial Testing Immune Modulation in COVID-19 Patients Begins
National Institutes of Health
The therapeutic may prevent overactive immune systems from causing severe COVID-19-related illness
Are Risk-Based MCED Tests the Future of Cancer Screening?
Swathi Kodaikal, MSc
Done early enough, personalized, patient data-driven multi-cancer screening will save lives. But are we there yet?
First RSV Vaccine to Protect Newborns against Severe Infection Available
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2023 fall–winter is the first season when vaccines for all three major respiratory viruses are available
EPOCH Trial to Explore Ovarian, Uterine Carcinosarcoma Therapies
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
International clinical trial exploring treatment combinations for rare and aggressive cancers in women launched in Australia
Dendritic Cell Vaccine Safe and Immunogenic against Multiple Myeloma
American Association for Cancer Research
Vaccination given in combination with autologous stem cell transplant was associated with long-term disease control
NIH to Address Unmet At-Home, PoC Testing Tech Needs
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
POCTRN to apply COVID-19 experience and expertise to develop testing, monitoring, and treating technologies
Multiomic Analyses Identify New Pneumonia Biomarkers
BGI Genomics
Some nine sets of metagenomic and transcriptomic biomarkers outperformed existing clinical prediction models
HIV Vaccine Phase 1 Trial Begins in the US and South Africa
National Institutes of Health
Novel vaccine uses weakened cytomegalovirus as a vector to deliver and alert the immune system
Deep Learning Unlocks Valuable Cancer Biology Clues
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
AI models uncover patterns across two-dimensional images of tumor samples that could help predict response to immunotherapy
Methotrexate Better at Treating Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis
King's College London
Clinical trial findings establish methotrexate as the gold standard treatment for atopic dermatitis in children
Novel Blood Biomarker Identifies Parkinsonian Diseases Early On
Lund University
DOPA decarboxylase was found elevated many years before individuals developed Parkinson’s symptoms
Phase 1 Trial of Universal Flu Vaccine Candidate Begins
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Nanoparticle vaccine targets six flu strains and may need to be taken less than once a year
New Roles of Genes Driving Parkinson’s Onset Discovered
Northwestern University
Scientists report that damage starts much earlier than the death of dopamine neurons
Combo Immunotherapy Outperforms Monotherapy in NSCLC Trial
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Translational findings and higher major pathological response support combinations over monotherapy before surgery
Genetic Sequencing Could Augment Newborn Screening
BGI Genomics
Approximately 1 in 500 newborns benefited from gene panel sequencing integration into first-tier screening tests
Latest Study Reveals Novel Therapeutic Approach for PTSD
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
HCN plasticity may have a direct impact on memory formation and can explored to find treatments for PTSD, memory loss
Genomic Insights Improve Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Prognosis
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Findings highlight four to five unique subtypes within breast cancer based on gene expression profiles
Epigenetic Changes as Blood Cancer Therapeutic Targets
National University of Singapore
Scientists seek to exploit cancer development pathway vulnerabilities to personalize high-risk myeloma treatments
