Daily Archives: March 14, 2018
Study spots undiagnosed genetic diseases in electronic health records
Patients diagnosed with heart failure, stroke, infertility and kidney failure could actually be suffering from rare and undiagnosed genetic diseases.
And now researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have found a way to search genetic data in… Continue reading
Effects of Helicobacter PYLORI Treatment on Incidence of Gastric Cancer in Older Individuals
Although eradication of Helicobacter pylori infection reduces the risk of gastric cancer, few data are available on its effects in older subjects. We compared the age-specific risk of gastric cancer in a large cohort of subjects who received H pylori e… Continue reading
Non-lytic Lymphocytes Engineered to Express Virus-specific T-cell Receptors Limit HBV Infection by Activating APOBEC3
Strategies to develop virus-specific T cells against hepatic viral infections have been hindered by safety concerns. We engineered non-lytic human T cells to suppress replication of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) without overt hepa… Continue reading