Hematology
Conference Coverage
Blood test for multiple cancers: Many false positives
“This technology is not ready for population-wide screening, but as the technology improves, costs will go down.”
News
Blood type linked to higher risk for early onset stroke
“The risk of stroke due to blood type is smaller than other risk factors that we know about, like smoking and hypertension. I would be much more...
News
First drug therapy approved for childhood GVHD
FDA greenlights ibrutinib for child blood cancer patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease.
From the Journals
Blood biomarkers predict TBI disability and mortality
Measuring glial fibrillary acidic protein and ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 proteins may give a more accurate assessment of a patient’s...
Latest News
Leukemia rates two to three times higher in children born near fracking
“This study is among the few to focus on drinking water specifically and the first to apply a novel metric designed to capture potential exposure...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA approves first gene therapy, betibeglogene autotemcel (Zynteglo), for beta-thalassemia
The one-time gene therapy represents a potential cure in which functional copies of the mutated gene are inserted into patients’ hematopoietic...
News from the FDA/CDC
Long COVID doubles risk of some serious outcomes in children, teens
“Many of these conditions were rare or uncommon among children in this analysis, but even a small increase in these conditions is notable.”
From the Journals
No more injections after one-off gene therapy in hemophilia B
“Normal factor IX levels can be achieved in patients with severe or moderately severe hemophilia B with the use of relatively low vector doses of...
Feature
CAR T-cell therapy turns 10 and finally earns the word ‘cure’
“We have a couple dozen patients who are 5, 6, 7, 9 years out or more without further therapy. That feels like a cure to me.”
Applied Evidence
Essential strategies and tactics for managing sickle cell disease
Key to patients’ well-being is the family physician’s watchfulness—through periodic lab testing and health checks and diligent application of...
Guidelines
Evidence still lacking that vitamins prevent CVD, cancer: USPSTF
In its final recommendation statement on the subject, the task force does, however, recommend against use of vitamin E and beta-carotene.