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Prognostic factors for mortality, intensive care unit and hospital admission due to SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies in Europe
Eur Respir Rev. 2022 Nov 2;31(166):220098. doi: 10.1183/16000617.0098-2022. Print 2022 Dec 31.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: As mortality from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is strongly age-dependent, we aimed to identify population subgroups at an elevated risk for adverse outcomes from COVID-19 using age-/gender-adjusted data from European cohort studies with the aim to identify populations that could potentially benefit from booster vaccinations.METHODS: We performed a systematic literature review and meta-analysis to investigate the role of underlying medical conditions as prognostic factors for adverse outcomes due to sever...
Source: Respiratory Care - November 2, 2022 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Constantine I Vardavas Alexander G Mathioudakis Katerina Nikitara Kimon Stamatelopoulos Georgios Georgiopoulos Revati Phalkey Jo Leonardi-Bee Esteve Fernandez Dolors Carnicer-Pont J ørgen Vestbo Jan C Semenza Charlotte Deogan Jonathan E Suk Piotr Kramarz Source Type: research

U.S. FDA Approves TECVAYLI ™ (teclistamab-cqyv), the First Bispecific T-cell Engager Antibody for the Treatment of Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
HORSHAM, Pa., October 25, 2022 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved TECVAYLI™ (teclistamab-cqyv) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, who previously received four or more prior lines of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor, immunomodulatory drug and anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody.1 TECVAYLI™ is a first-in-class, bispecific T-cell engager antibody that is administered as a subcutaneous treatment.1 This off-the-shelf (or ready to use) therapy uses innovative science to ac...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - October 25, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation 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

Systematic Review/Meta-Analysis on Efficacy of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Sickle Cell Disease: An International Effort on Behalf of the Pediatric Diseases Working Party of European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation and the Sickle Cell Transplantation International Consortium
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited hemoglobinopathy, affecting nearly 100,000 individuals in the United States and approximately 300,000 worldwide, with low-income countries bearing the highest burden [1,2]. It is associated with several complications, including debilitating morbidity, organ injury, and shortened life expectancy. Progress in the overall management of SCD has been made in recent years, namely improved health maintenance surveillance programs, penicillin prophylaxis, chronic blood transfusions, vaccines, primary and secondary stroke prophylaxis, use of hydroxyurea, and approval of novel a...
Source: Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation - December 10, 2020 Category: Hematology Authors: Madiha Iqbal, Tea Reljic, Selim Corbacioglu, Josu de la Fuente, Eliane Gluckman, Ambuj Kumar, Farah Yassine, Ernesto Ayala, Areej El-Jawahri, Hemant Murthy, Fahad Almohareb, Shahrukh K. Hashmi, Barbara Cappelli, Ali Alahmari, Graziana Maria Scigliuolo, Ad Source Type: research

Systematic review/meta-analysis on efficacy of allogeneic HCT in sickle cell disease: an international effort on behalf of the Pediatric Diseases Working Party of EBMT and the Sickle Cell Transplantation International Consortium
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited hemoglobinopathy affecting nearly 100,000 individuals in the United States and approximately 300,000 worldwide, with low-income countries bearing the highest burden.1, 2 It is associated with several complications including debilitating morbidity, organ injury, and shortened life expectancy. Progress have been made in recent years to the overall management of SCD, namely improved health maintenance surveillance programs, penicillin prophylaxis, chronic blood transfusions, vaccines, primary and secondary stroke prophylaxis, use of hydroxyurea and approval of novel agent...
Source: Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation - December 10, 2020 Category: Hematology Authors: Madiha Iqbal, Tea Reljic, Selim Corbacioglu, Josu de la Fuente, Eliane Gluckman, Ambuj Kumar, Farah Yassine, Ernesto Ayala, Areej El-Jawahri, Hemant Murthy, Fahad Almohareb, Shahrukh K. Hashmi, Barbara Cappelli, Ali Alahmari, Graziana Maria Scigliuolo, Ad Source Type: research

Ten-point plan to tackle liver disease published
"Doctors call for tougher laws on alcohol abuse to tackle liver disease crisis," The Guardian reports. But this is just one of 10 recommendations for tackling the burden of liver disease published in a special report in The Lancet.The report paints a grim picture of an emerging crisis in liver disease in the UK, saying it is one of the few countries in Europe where liver disease and deaths have actually increased rapidly over the last 30 years. It concludes with 10 recommendations to tackle the burden of liver disease.The media has approached the recommendations from many different angles, with many sources only ...
Source: NHS News Feed - November 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Lifestyle/exercise QA articles Source Type: news

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Abstract The global prevalence of physiologically defined chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adults aged >40 yr is approximately 9-10 per cent. Recently, the Indian Study on Epidemiology of Asthma, Respiratory Symptoms and Chronic Bronchitis in Adults had shown that the overall prevalence of chronic bronchitis in adults >35 yr is 3.49 per cent. The development of COPD is multifactorial and the risk factors of COPD include genetic and environmental factors. Pathological changes in COPD are observed in central airways, small airways and alveolar space. The proposed pathogenesis of COPD includes pr...
Source: The Indian Journal of Medical Research - February 1, 2013 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Vijayan VK Tags: Indian J Med Res Source Type: research

Stem Cells for Cell-Based Therapies
The world of stem cells We know the human body comprises many cell types (e.g., blood cells, skin cells, cervical cells), but we often forget to appreciate that all of these different cell types arose from a single cell—the fertilized egg. A host of sequential, awe-inspiring events occur between the fertilization of an egg and the formation of a new individual: Embryonic stem (ES) cells are also called totipotent cells. The first steps involve making more cells by simple cell division: one cell becomes two cells; two cells become four cells, etc. Each cell of early development is undifferentiated; that is, it is...
Source: ActionBioscience - December 28, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Ali Hochberg Source Type: news