International study declares CAR T-cell therapy safe and effective in leukemia Anjali Nimesh Nimesh1 Feb 2018 7:20 PM ISTDr.Stephan Grupp and his team at CHOP pioneered gene therapy/cell therapy approach known as CAR T-cell therapy which was approved by FDA in August...
FDA Grants Approval to Andexanet Alfa for Rapid NOAC Reversal Medha Baranwal Baranwal6 May 2018 7:30 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to andexanet alfa (Andexxa) as the first antidote indicated for the patients treated...
Galloping Heart: NEJM case report Anjali Nimesh Nimesh9 May 2018 7:02 PM ISTA 62-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department with chest pain and high blood pressure of 168/103 mm Hg. The patient had a long-standing...
MRI guided biopsy improves detection rate in prostate cancer Vinay Singh singh14 May 2018 7:05 PM ISTMRI-guided biopsy (MRGB) is an emerging technology with the promise of improving cancer detection rates in prostate cancer, increasing the accuracy of...
Purple urine in torsades de pointes: NEJM case report Medha Baranwal Baranwal29 May 2018 7:01 PM ISTA recently published intriguing and rare case in the The New England Journal of Medicine has cited a case wherein a man with end-stage renal disease...
Surgery can be avoided in some advanced kidney cancer patients- Phase III clinical trial Vinay Singh singh7 Jun 2018 7:05 PM ISTMany people with advanced kidney cancer can avoid surgery to remove the kidney (nephrectomy), without compromising survival, according to a randomized...
Glutamine to treat pain crises in sickle cell Anaemia Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli22 July 2018 8:00 PM ISTAdults and children with sickle cell anemia who received Endari, a medicine-grade version of the dietary supplement L-glutamine, had reduced number...
For first time, rare semi-identical twins identified during pregnancy Hina Zahid3 March 2019 8:28 PM ISTThey are among the rarest types of human beings -- so-called "semi-identical" twins. Young Brisbane twins, a boy and a girl, are first to be...
Canagliflozin not only lowers blood sugar but also reduces kidney failure risk in Diabetes Dr. Kartikeya14 April 2019 8:28 PM ISTIn Phase 3 CREDENCE study, researchers found that in patients of Diabetes, along with controlling blood sugar Canagliflozin reduced the risk of kidney...
Ligelizumab achieves better control of symptoms of chronic spontaneous urticaria, finds study Medha Baranwal Baranwal20 Oct 2019 7:10 PM ISTIt is a fact that most currently available therapies do not result in complete symptom control in the majority of patients with chronic spontaneous...
Statins in familial hypercholesterolemia: Early initiation leads to better CV outcomes finds NEJM study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli18 Oct 2019 8:28 PM ISTFamilial hypercholesterolemia is characterized by severely elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels and premature cardiovascular...
Three-drug combo effective in cystic fibrosis with most common genetic mutation Hina Zahid1 Nov 2019 7:25 PM ISTDALLAS - UT Southwestern researchers have found that a three-drug combination improved lung function and reduced symptoms in cystic fibrosis (CF)...
