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SPOTLIGHT ON WISTAR COVID-19 RESEARCHER: AMI PATEL, PH.D., THE WISTAR INSTITUTE
Research assistant professor Ami Patel has spent her career committed to using novel engineering approaches to fight harmful infectious diseases. Full Story
NOVEL DNA-BASED IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR NEUTRALIZING HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION, THE WISTAR INSTITUTE
Scientists at The Wistar Institute developed a synthetic DNA approach that instructs in vivo production of a human monoclonal antibody able to neutralize hepatitis B virus (HBV) and prevent [...]
MISSING MILESTONES CAN AFFECT MENTAL HEALTH IN TEENS, CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of adolescents in many ways, including missing or delaying important milestones. Full Story
STUDY INVOLVING CHOP RESEARCHERS COULD LEAD TO MORE PRECISE TREATMENT FOR ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA, CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
A new study involving researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has identified immune biomarkers in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) that can help predict which patients will be [...]
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST: SO FAR, COVID-19 IS GENOMICALLY STABLE, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Professor of Evolutionary Genomics Sergei Pond is on the lookout for mutations in the DNA of the coronavirus. Full Story
ZINC MAY PREVENT BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS-RELATED ESOPHAGEAL CANCER, HUMAN STUDY SHOWS, LANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER
The micronutrient zinc administered orally as zinc gluconate (an over-the-counter lozenge) may help to prevent cancer of the esophagus in patients diagnosed with the pre-malignant condition called Barrett’s esophagus [...]
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ZINC MAY PREVENT BARRETT’S ESOPHAGUS-RELATED ESOPHAGEAL CANCER, HUMAN STUDY SHOWS, LANKENAU MEDICAL CENTER
The micronutrient zinc administered orally as zinc gluconate (an over-the-counter lozenge) may help to prevent cancer of the esophagus in patients diagnosed with the pre-malignant condition called Barrett’s esophagus [...]
COVID-19 TRIALS OPENING AT ACCELERATED RATE, JEFFERSON HEALTH
Michael Baram, MD, and other pulmonary researchers at Thomas Jefferson University partnered with the Jefferson Clinical Research Institute (JCRI) to get one of the first COVID-19 related clinical trials [...]
CORONAVIRUS LINKED TO STROKE IN OTHERWISE HEALTHY YOUNG PEOPLE, JEFFERSON HEALTH
Young patients with no risk factors for stroke may have an increased risk if they have contracted COVID-19, whether or not they are showing symptoms of the disease. Surgeons [...]
COVID-19 RESPONSE AT PENN STATE PROPELLED BY INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS, PENN STATE HEALTH
The Manufacturing and Sterilization for COVID-19 Initiative (MASC) develops personal protective equipment, testing supplies for Pennsylvania hospitals with FDA compliance. Full Story
BIG3BIO ANNOUNCES UPCOMING LAUNCH OF PHILADELPHIA AS A NEW REGION OF COVERAGE; WILL REBRAND AS BIG4BIO
BigBio Communications is expanding and rebranding its biotech news aggregator service, Big3Bio, to Big4Bio: Philly! Big4Bio:Philly will debut June 3-6, 2019 during the BIO International Convention in Philadelphia, PA. [...]
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