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January 2017: Click for Credit
Topics include: Gluten-free diet and celiac disease • Fluoxetine and bone health • Sudden cardiac death and T4 • Morning sickness and pregnancy...
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Novel trial aims to BEAT AML
SAN DIEGO - A multi-arm clinical trial aims to transform the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia, a deadly blood cancer whose standard of care has...
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Autologous stem cell transplantation beat bortezomib regimen in myeloma
SAN DIEGO – Autologous stem cell transplantation outperformed bortezomib-based intensification in fit patients younger than age 66 years with...
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Good response from CAR T cells with ‘safety switch’ for advanced ALL
SAN DIEGO – Anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells engineered with a “safety switch” yielded high rates of complete response and an...
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Study reinforces lenalidomide maintenance in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma
SAN DIEGO – Maintenance therapy with lenalidomide significantly improved progression-free survival in patients with myeloma, regardless of their...
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AGA Guideline: Preventing Crohn’s recurrence after resection
Patients whose Crohn’s disease fully remits after resection should not wait for endoscopic recurrence to start tumor-necrosis-factor inhibitors or...
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VIDEO: Point-of-care microsensor prototype beats conventional coagulopathy tests
Using less than a drop of blood, a portable microsensor provided a comprehensive coagulation profile in minutes
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Brentuximab vedotin beat methotrexate, bexarotene in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
SAN DIEGO – For patients with CD30 expressing cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, antibody-drug conjugate therapy with brentuximab vedotin significantly...
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First-in-kind study parsed risks of central lines in children
SAN DIEGO - Rising rates of pediatric venous thromboembolism in the United States underscore the need to carefully weigh the risks and benefits of...
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VIDEO: Novel, multi-arm trial aims to beat AML
SAN DIEGO - A new multi-arm clinical trial aims to transform the treatment of de novo acute myeloid leukemia, a deadly blood cancer whose standard...
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Microsensor perfectly distinguished coagulopathy patients from controls
SAN DIEGO – A portable microsensor provided a comprehensive coagulation profile in less than 15 minutes and perfectly distinguished various...
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VIDEO: Combination venetoclax-LDAC therapy boosts overall survival in AML
SAN DIEGO – Combination therapy with the BCL-2 inhibitor venetoclax and low-dose cytarabine (LDAC) achieved a 61% overall response rate in older...
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ASH: Hemophilia B gene therapy posts strong update
SAN DIEGO – Patients with hemophilia B who received a single 1-hour infusion of the gene transfer therapy SPK-9001 achieved steady-state factor IX...
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VIDEO: Hemophilia B gene therapy maintains factor IX levels averaging 28%
SAN DIEGO – Patients with hemophilia B who received a single infusion of the gene transfer therapy SPK-9001 achieved steady-state factor IX...
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ASH: Novel microcapsules show promise in hemophilia A with inhibitory antibodies
SAN DIEGO – Novel microcapsules loaded with factor VIII outperformed systemic factor VIII infusions in a model of hemophilia A with inhibitory...