Brigham Announces $16M Grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to Expand Access to Care for Severe Noncommunicable Diseases in Lower-Income Countries
Grant will scale up integrated services for type 1 diabetes, rheumatic heart disease, and sickle cell disease in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - July 1, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Association of Kidney Comorbidities and Acute Kidney Failure With Unfavorable Outcomes After COVID-19 in Individuals With the Sickle Cell Trait, JAMA
Study (n=132,577 [2729 sickle cell trait, SCT]) found SCT linked to increased COVID mortality in African ancestry (OR 1.77;95% CI, 1.13-2.77;P=0.01)& increased rates of acute renal failure 60 days after COVID, supporting its inclusion as an adverse prognostic factor for COVID-19 (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Many Uses of CRISPR: Scientists Tell All
What do infectious diseases, T-cells, tomatoes, heart failure, sickle cell anemia and sorghum harvests have in common? (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Oliver Whang Tags: Crispr (DNA) Genetic Engineering Research Tomatoes Sickle Cell Anemia Cancer Heart Cereals Source Type: news
Kidney Failure May Drive COVID Deaths in People With Sickle Cell Trait
(MedPage Today) -- COVID-19 patients with sickle cell trait (SCT) were prone to poor outcomes that appeared to be driven in part by kidney dysfunction, a genetic association study suggested.
Among U.S. veterans of African ancestry, SCT was tied... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - June 27, 2022 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Understanding vaccine responses in individuals with weakened immune systems
Yale researchers will conduct a series of studies on vaccine responses in vulnerable groups, including those with multiple sclerosis and sickle cell disease. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - June 21, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
