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COVID-19 Can Cause Brain Damage Without Infiltrating Tissue

01/06/2021

Excerpt from the Article: COVID-19 is known to cause neurological complications in patients who test positive for the virus, but new research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has revealed that SARS-CoV-2 does not always find its way into the brains of infected patients. Based on findings from high-powered MRI scans, researches from the…

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CHOP Researchers Receive Funding to Study Effects of COVID-19 on Preterm Birth

01/06/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have formed a new consortium that will study the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on preterm birth and prenatal care, funded by $300,000 in grants from the Independence Blue Cross Foundation, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware’s donor-advised fund, and BluePrints for the…

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New virtual screening strategy identifies existing drug that inhibits COVID-19 virus

01/05/2021

Excerpt from the Article: A novel computational drug screening strategy combined with lab experiments suggest that pralatrexate, a chemotherapy medication originally developed to treat lymphoma, could potentially be repurposed to treat Covid-19. Haiping Zhang of the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology in Shenzhen, China, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS Computational…

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Study points the way to boost immunotherapy against breast cancer, other solid tumors

01/04/2021

Excerpt from the Article: Boosting immune system T cells to effectively attack solid tumors, such as breast cancers, can be done by adding a small molecule to a treatment procedure called chimeric antigen receptor-T (CAR-T) cell therapy, according to a study by researchers at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The boost helps recruit more…

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UCLH doses first patient in the world in Covid-19 antibody trial

01/01/2021

Excerpt from the Press Release: UCLH has opened a new vaccine research centre with two clinical trials testing a long-acting antibody combination treatment to protect against Covid-19. Researchers in the STORM CHASER study led by UCLH virologist Dr Catherine Houlihan have recruited the first participant in the world to the study. They believe the antibody…

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Triple chemotherapy combination improves metastatic colorectal cancer outcomes

12/31/2020

Excerpt from the Press Release: Researchers from SWOG Cancer Research Network, a cancer clinical trials group funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have shown that a triple drug combination – of irinotecan, cetuximab, and vemurafenib – is a more powerful tumor fighter and keeps people with metastatic…

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Global trial reveals life saving drug for acute myeloid leukemia

12/30/2020

Excerpt from the Article: A landmark paper published today in the New England Journal of Medicine describes the results from a global trial across 148 sites in 23 countries, showing a 30 per cent improvement in survival in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).  The Phase 3 clinical trial called QUAZAR, showed that a drug,…

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How Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer is leading the company forward

12/29/2020

Excerpt from the Article: Like most companies in 2020, Dexcom (NSDQ:DXCM) faced a number of challenges brought on by COVID-19, public unrest and more. Dexcom chairman, president & CEO Kevin Sayer had to prioritize the health of his employees over all else, while also keeping patients safe and somehow managing to keep the diabetes giant rolling…

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AstraZeneca: Shot will be effective against COVID-19 variant

12/29/2020

Excerpt from the Article: The head of drugmaker AstraZeneca, which is developing a coronavirus vaccine widely expected to be approved by U.K. authorities this week, said Sunday that researchers believe the shot will be effective against a new variant of the virus driving a rapid surge in infections in Britain. AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot…

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Telemedicine in the Operating Room: The ‘New Normal’ for MedTech

12/28/2020

Excerpt from the Article: There is incredibly high demand for collaboration during medical procedures – whether it’s a Cardiologist advising a more junior physician on a complex procedure, a renowned surgeon training other colleagues on a technique, a medical device company rolling out a new product, or a medical device rep providing product support during…

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