Category: Health Topics
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Should you be concerned about a malaria comeback in the US? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Mosquito borne illnesses may include those caused by viruses or parasites. With factors such as frequent international travel and climate change, conditions are improving for malaria to be seen more often in the United States, which is transmitted from the …
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Now that summer is here mosquitoes are all around us, Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Along with longer days and warmer temperatures, summer heralds much more robust mosquito populations in the northern hemisphere. Johns Hopkins mosquito expert Christopher Potter describes the three species of mosquitoes found worldwide and the illnesses they’re associated with. Potter: There …
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Can a new method for developing CAR-T cells to treat cancer be expanded? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Making CAR-T cells from donor bone marrow already used to treat someone’s cancer helped rein in cancer recurrence, a new study shows. Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson at Johns Hopkins says this is one more place where an expansion …
Can donor CAR-T cells have an impact on cancer treatment? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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CAR-T cells developed from bone marrow donors whose bone marrow had already been used to treat someone’s cancer may be able to rein in cancer recurrence, a new study finds. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says this …
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Are CAR-T cells coming into their own as therapeutic agents? Elizabeth Tracey reports
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Specially engineered T cells, one component of immune cells in your body, are called CAR-T cells, and for several years now have been used to treat blood cancers and some other conditions, with some success. William Nelson, director of the …
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