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Made-to-order TILs effective against metastatic melanoma
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- Neil Osterweil
The product, called lifileucel, is custom made for each patient.
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‘Major advance’: Sotorasib benefit persists in KRAS+ NSCLC
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
The finding comes from an analysis of long-term follow-up data from the CodeBreaK100 trial.
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Sex differences in COPD slow to be recognized, treated
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Science and society have been slow to catch on to sex-based differences in clinical presentation and response to...
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Global melanoma incidence high and on the rise
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
The highest incidence and mortality rates of cutaneous melanoma are in wealthy nations, a new study shows.
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Adverse skin effects of cancer immunotherapy reviewed
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
“The desirable, immune-mediated oncologic response is often achieved at the cost of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) that may potentially...
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Gene therapy for hemophilia A: `Truly transformative and liberating’
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- Neil Osterweil
This first-generation gene therapy offers a new choice for care that could be 'truly transformative and liberating' for eligible men with...
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CPAP has only small effect on metabolic syndrome
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Although the benefit was small, CPAP was more effective than nasal strips at reversing the metabolic syndrome in...
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Rare pediatric cancers persist 63 years after nuclear accident
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Near Los Angeles, the parents of kids whose cluster of rare leukemias and other cancers may be linked to a 1959 partial meltdown at Santa Susana...
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New gene signals for asthma-COPD overlap identified
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
A genome-wide association study of individuals with asthma-COPD overlap identified genetic variants that could...
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High early recurrence rates with Merkel cell carcinoma
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Approximately 95% of all recurrences happened within 3 years of the initial diagnosis in the prospective cohort study.
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New hemophilia treatments: ‘Our cup runneth over’
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
A range of new options is emerging to treat hemophilia patients.
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Handle with care: Managing IBD in older patients
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- Neil Osterweil
Patients 60 and older with chronic or newly diagnosed IBD may have comorbidities or use medications that can interfere with IBD therapies.
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Malnutrition common in patients with IBD
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
As many as 85% of patients hospitalized with IBD may be malnourished, dietary experts cautioned.
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Breakthrough COVID-19 milder in vaccinated patients with IBD
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease who are vaccinated but still develop COVID experience milder disease than those who are unvaccinated.
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Cystic fibrosis in retreat, but still unbeaten
- Author:
- Neil Osterweil
Improvements in care and novel therapies have dramatically increased life expectancy and improved quality of...