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No more injections after one-off gene therapy in hemophilia B
“Normal factor IX levels can be achieved in patients with severe or moderately severe hemophilia B with the use of relatively low vector doses of...
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Barrett’s esophagus: AGA screening update ‘goes above and beyond’
New American Gastroenterological Association document suggests dropping GERD as a prerequisite for screening, among other advice statements.
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Rosuvastatin again linked with risks to kidneys
Practice should more often heed FDA-recommended rosuvastatin dosages for patients with severe chronic kidney disease and step up monitoring for...
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FDA clears endoscopic devices for sleeve gastroplasty, bariatric revision
The Apollo Endosurgery devices are the first and only ones approved for endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty and endoscopic bariatric revision, the...
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Growing evidence gardening cultivates mental health
The study results support carrying out large, well-designed, rigorously designed trials.
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Colonic Crohn’s: Segmental vs. total colectomy
Segmental colectomy may be performed in patients with colonic Crohn’s disease without increasing risk of repeat surgeries, compared with total...
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Life-threatening adverse events in liver cancer less frequent with ICI therapy
While tyrosine kinase inhibitors were found to be associated with more serious adverse events, both treatments had similar toxic effects.
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Pig heart transplants and the ethical challenges that lie ahead
Keeping a deceased recipient in a brain-dead state is part of xenotransplantation research, but experts debate the question: For how long, and...
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Lung cancer treatment combo may be effective after ICI failure
Phase 2 trial offers hope of a chemotherapy-free option for patients with advanced NSCLC.
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CAR T-cell therapy turns 10 and finally earns the word ‘cure’
“We have a couple dozen patients who are 5, 6, 7, 9 years out or more without further therapy. That feels like a cure to me.”