UCLA scientists make strides toward an ‘off-the-shelf’ immune cell therapy for cancer
Immunotherapies, which harness the body ’s natural defenses to combat disease, have revolutionized the treatment of aggressive and deadly cancers. But often, these therapies — especially those based on immune cells — must be tailored to the individual patient, costing valuable time and pushing their price into the hundreds of thousa nds of dollars.Now, in a study published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, UCLA researchers report a critical step forward in the development of an “off-the-shelf” cancer immunotherapy using rare but powerful immune cells that could potentially be produced in large quantities, st...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - November 16, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Radiologists boost AI severity quantification of COVID-19
Involving radiologists in fine-tuning an artificial intelligence (AI) algorith...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Chest x-ray valuable in COVID-19 follow-up exams
VR helps quantify lung damage in COVID-19 patients
CT severity scores correlate with COVID-19 lab results
Strength in numbers: Federated learning boosts AI for COVID-19
AI could help triage, monitor COVID-19 patients (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 15, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
St. Louis Character: Sims Executive Search founder Randy Sims on how a double lung transplant gave him a new lease on life
In 1999, Randy Sims received a double lung transplant after a childhood cystic fibrosis diagnosis. Now, he's a business owner, speaker and author, celebrating his 23rd year with his new lungs. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - November 11, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Maddy Simpson Source Type: news
She Died With Long Covid. Should Her Organs Have Been Donated?
Heidi Ferrer ’s family feared her organs were unsafe. The case points to gaps in protocols for organ donation amid the pandemic. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Transplants Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Organ Donation Kidneys Liver Hospitals Lungs Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Q & amp;A podcast: Early referrals to transplant can help lung disease patients
Unhealthy or damaged lungs can make it difficult for the body to get the oxygen it needs to survive. A variety of diseases or conditions can damage the lungs and hinder their ability to function effectively. When lung disease doesn't respond to medical therapy, a lung transplant may be needed. A lung transplant is a surgical procedure to replace a diseased or failing lung with a healthy lung, usually from a deceased donor. Depending on… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 8, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Janssen to Present the Strength and Promise of its Hematologic Malignancies Portfolio and Pipeline at ASH 2021
RARITAN, N.J., November 4, 2021 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today that more than 45 company-sponsored abstracts, including 11 oral presentations, plus more than 35 investigator-initiated studies will be featured at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition. ASH is taking place at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta and virtually from December 11-14, 2021.“We are committed to advancing the science and treatment of hematologic malignancies and look forward to presenting the latest research from our robust portfolio and pipeline during ASH...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - November 5, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
The evolution of the pharma incubator
Digital health ’s time has clearly come and many big pharma businesses are eagerly trying to harness its opportunities via the incubator model. The change has been seismic. Take the COVID-19 pandemic-driven explosion of the use of telemedicine apps such as Doximity, where downloads increased by 38 times in 2020, along with apps that helped patients stay healthy, mental health apps to manage depression, anxiety or suicidal thoughts, and blood pressure apps.Health-related mobile applications available to consumers on top app stores worldwide now surpass 350,000, with more than 90,000 digital health apps added in 2020 — ...
Source: EyeForPharma - November 2, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Andrew Stone Source Type: news
Can AI help detect cancer on CT lung cancer screening exams?
Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms can perform comparably to radiologist...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Deep learning could improve CT lung scan interpretation
AI-based CAD software offers high sensitivity for lung nodules
How accurate are models for predicting incidental lung nodules?
AI-based program helps follow up incidental lung nodules on CT
CT radiomics classifies small nodules found in CT lung screening (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 29, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Coreline Soft highlights CAC research
Advanced visualization and artificial intelligence software developer Corelin...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
New AI lab at UMass focuses on thoracic imaging
Lung cancer screening software approved in South Korea (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 26, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Can AI help screen for early interstitial lung disease on x-rays?
An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm was able to improve detection of reticula...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Image search engine boosts chest CT diagnostic accuracy
Thoracic radiologists give top tips for CT evaluation of lung parenchyma
Machine learning boosts chest CT's performance
AI can assess COVID-19 severity on chest x-rays
CT textures predict interstitial lung disease survival (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 25, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Drone Flies Lungs Between Hospitals For Transplant Patient
The lungs made the six minute flight last month before being transplanted into a 63-year old man in Toronto. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - October 14, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Victoria Forster, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Science /science business pharma & Source Type: news
Drone delivers lungs for transplant to Toronto hospital in world 1st, health network says
University Health Network and Unither Bioelectronique say they have completed the world's first transplant of lungs delivered by an unmanned drone. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - October 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Tunisia: 'Number of Organ Donations Is Low Compared to Needs in Tunisia - CNPTO
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Director of the National Center for the Promotion of Organ Transplantation (French: CNPTO) Taieb Ben Abdallah said Thursday that the number of organ donations is low compared to demand in Tunisia, stating that the needs are estimated annually at 200 liver transplants, 50 heart transplants and 20 lung transplants. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 8, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Science Saturday: A robotic GPS for targeting, delivering regenerative biotherapies
A remote-controlled bronchoscope that acts like a GPS system hunts down hard-to-find lung masses and accurately biopsies them, according to a Mayo Clinic collaborative study. This multisite research, which is published in Annals of Thoracic Surgery, lays the foundation for precisely finding early-stage cancer and targeting it with regenerative biotherapeutics needed to stimulate healing. Artificial intelligence gleaned from CT scans d irects the robotic fiber optic cable, providing a GPS-like pathway to tiny nodules, or masses, that manual bronchoscopes… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - October 2, 2021 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Lung transplantation may be a cost-effective option & quot;under some circumstances & quot;
(Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News)
Source: PharmacoEconomics and Outcomes News - October 1, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
