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Cells that can be found in a routine Pap smear may hold the key to detecting and diagnosing ovarian cancer much earlier than it is usually found, a new study reports. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says …
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CAR-T cells, which are immune cells removed from the body, genetically modified in a laboratory and then reinfused back into a recipient, have achieved notable successes in treating some cancers. Now there have also been reports of people being treated …
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CAR-T cells, used to treat cancer in some people, are now being investigated by the US Food and Drug Administration for possibly causing additional cancers. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins explains why there’s a concern. Nelson: …
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Dementia encompasses quite a few conditions, including Alzheimer’s but also frontotemporal, Lewy body, and vascular dementia, and others. Halima Amjad, a dementia expert at Johns Hopkins, says two of these types are seen most often. Amjad: We actually think that …
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Dementia should be thought of as a general description that encompasses behavioral and functional changes. That’s according to Halima Amjad, a dementia expert at Johns Hopkins. Amjad: Dementia really is just an umbrella term for a number of different diseases. …
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Roughly two times as many women will develop Alzheimer’s disease as men, and Halima Amjad, a dementia expert at Johns Hopkins, says no one really knows the reason why. Amjad: Why Alzheimer's disease and dementias are more common in women, …
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