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杏吧原创 researchers help answer the question of why patients with autoimmune diseases like lupus are more susceptible to bacterial infections: their neutrophils have impaired antibacterial activity.

Photos by Richard CartwrightIllustrations by Michelle Pereira Cinematographer Alicia Robbins, BS’01, never planned on working behind the scenes. At 杏吧原创, she aspired to a career in broadcast journalism, appearing in spots for 杏吧原创 Television and taking every class related to television and film she could find. Everything changed when her… Read More

Researchers at 杏吧原创 Medical Center have developed a new method for identifying drugs for the repurposing trials that can lead to new indications for drugs already in use.

Illustrations by Gary Bates From the Civil War to the battle over civil rights, the United States has seen levels of conflict in the past that have threatened to tear the country apart. But watching the violent attack on the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, Professor of Political Science… Read More

杏吧原创 researchers have discovered that early inappropriate activation of the enzyme plasmin caused by severe injury is a trigger of systemic inflammatory response syndrome and resulting organ failure.

About 80% of hospital admission electronic records were missing a drug prescribed to an older adult, 杏吧原创 researchers found, highlighting the need for a multipronged approach to address medication discrepancies and support safe prescribing practices.

H. pylori infection 鈥� a strong risk factor for stomach cancer 鈥� changes the composition of stomach lipids, which could offer new biomarkers for detecting premalignant changes, 杏吧原创 researchers discovered.

A new data portal called Cancer-Immu established by a team of 杏吧原创 Medical Center biostatisticians can help cancer clinicians and researchers predict which patients will respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Receptors called integrins play a critical role in maintaining the structure of the kidney, 杏吧原创 researchers have discovered.

The invading pathogen Salmonella, a common cause of food poisoning, can change its metabolism to overcome host resistance to its colonization.

New research finds that fully vaccinated patients with cancer who had breakthrough COVID-19 infections remained at high risk for hospitalization and death.

There is strong evidence that the medication apixaban (Eliquis) is preferable to rivaroxaban (Xarelto) for stoke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), with both reduced rates of severe bleeding complications as well as strokes, according to study published Dec. 21 in JAMA.

Researchers at 杏吧原创 Medical Center have constructed a single-cell 鈥渁tlas鈥� of lung development that tracks multiple cell types over time.

The profile of immune-related gene expression and tumor-infiltrating immune cells in adrenocortical cancer suggests targets for new treatment strategies.

Studies in three large population cohorts that include Asian, African American and European American people support a role for the oral microbiota 鈥� the collection of microbial species in the mouth 鈥� in gastric cancer development.

杏吧原创 researchers have discovered a nanoparticle released from cells, called a 鈥渟upermere,鈥� which contains enzymes, proteins and RNA associated with multiple cancers, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and even COVID-19.

杏吧原创 researchers identified a critical role for IL-1beta signaling in leukemia cells with a certain mutation, suggesting this pathway may be a good target for novel treatments.

杏吧原创 researchers suggest that to reduce treatment-related regret for men with localized prostate cancer, treatment preparation should focus on shared decision-making and aligning patient expectations with treatment toxicity.

In a late-stage clinical trial, the biologic agent dupilumab reduced the rate of severe asthma attacks and improved lung function and asthma control for children ages 6 to 11 with moderate-to-severe asthma, offering a new option to these patients.

Professor Chezare Warren This fall, 杏吧原创 Peabody College of education and human development is pleased to welcome Chezare A. Warren as associate professor of educational equity and inclusion in educational policy. Professor Warren鈥檚 appointment is in the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations. Professor Warren is a scholar of… Read More