In this review, the authors discuss “actinopathies” in terms of the clinical aspects and cellular mechanisms, with a focus on the effect of these mutations on neutrophil function.…
Mark Ballow, MD, of the University of South Florida, and Jolan Walter, MD, PhD, of the University of South Florida and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, discuss COVID-19…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes, high-dose immune ablation followed by autologous nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) induces significant and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 4, adding nitazoxanide to peginterferon alfa-2a and ribavirin improves the virologic response rates, new research shows.…
Jorge D. Reyes, MD, Director of Transplant Program, Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, discusses the issues surrounding CMV prophylaxis in pediatric transplant recipients. References and Resources…
Josh Levitsky, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Hepatology, Northwestern University, discusses the management of patients in acute liver failure. References and Resources O’Neal H, Olds J, Webster N.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The prognosis for patients with systemic sclerosis complicated by pulmonary hypertension is “grim,” particularly among African Americans and those with interstitial lung disease,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Myoblast transplantation via catheter can be safely performed in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and heart failure, the results of a phase I trial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The long-term survival of children with severe aplastic anemia who respond to immunosuppressive therapy with antithymocyte globulin and cyclosporine is “excellent, at about…
Maria Siemionow, MD, PhD, Director, Plastic Surgery Research, Head, Microsurgery Training, Cleveland Clinic, talks about her book “Face to Face”, her quest to perform the first full face…
Douglas P. Slakey, MD, MPH, Regents Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, discusses the importance of organ donation and outcomes of organ transplantation.…
Maria Siemionow, MD, PhD, Director, Plastic Surgery Research, Head, Microsurgery Training, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the techinical challenges of face transplants versus hand transplants, citing the difficulty of the…
