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Tool predicts whether medication can heal painful Crohn’s complication
January 7,
2025
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“This tool has the potential to identify which patients are more likely benefit from alternate treatments, such as antibiotics, surgery, or emerging stem cell therapies.”
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Spinal muscular atrophy: Lab study shows importance of treating the liver to benefit a neuromuscular disorder
January 7,
2025
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“Our study suggests that treating the liver may be just as important as treating the neuromuscular system in patients with SMA. This is important because some of the approved SMA therapies are better at reaching the liver than others.”
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Researchers discover postal code that allows proteins to hitch a ride around the body
December 11,
2024
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Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa have discovered an 18-digit code that allows proteins to attach themselves to exosomes - tiny pinched-off pieces of cells that travel around the body and deliver biochemical signals.
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Blood removal before major liver surgery cuts transfusions in half
December 9,
2024
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Removing 10 per cent of a patient’s blood before major liver surgery and giving it back afterwards reduced transfusions by half, according to a large clinical trial published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology.
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Blood transfusions for brain bleeding: Large trial in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients adds to debate about optimal threshold
December 9,
2024
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Blood is one of the oldest drugs in the world, but after many decades of research, it is still not always clear when a blood transfusion should be given. A large trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine is adding to the debate for ...
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