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Absolutely fantastic news as sickle cell gene therapy is to be rolled out for sickle cell academia with a one off treatment curing 97% of patients 🧪
‘Groundbreaking’ potential cure for sickle cell in England approved for NHS use
Clinical trials find one-time gene therapy exa-cel offers ‘functional cure’ in 96.6% of patients
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Absolutely fantastic news as sickle cell gene therapy is to be rolled out for sickle cell academia with a one off treatment curing 97% of patients 🧪
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What are the characteristics of papers that tend to be included in AI-generated recommendations? 🧪 arxiv.org/abs/2501.00367
Who Gets Recommended? Investigating Gender, Race, and Country Disparities in Paper Recommendations from Large Language Models
This paper investigates the performance of several representative large models in the tasks of literature recommendation and explores potential biases in research exposure. The results indicate that n...
arxiv.org
January 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
What are the characteristics of papers that tend to be included in AI-generated recommendations? 🧪 arxiv.org/abs/2501.00367
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For Medscape, I took a more in-depth look at Project My Heart Your Heart, which provides refurbished pacemakers to people in low-income countries. So far they are proving to be safe, effective, and popular. 🧪 #medsky #cardiosky
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Soaring Pacemaker Demand Spurs Controversial New Approach
When there aren't enough cardiac devices for everybody who needs one, does it make sense to start refurbishing older technology and reusing it?
www.medscape.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
For Medscape, I took a more in-depth look at Project My Heart Your Heart, which provides refurbished pacemakers to people in low-income countries. So far they are proving to be safe, effective, and popular. 🧪 #medsky #cardiosky
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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“We found that a single iron infusion in the third trimester can achieve what oral iron tablets taken every day during a pregnancy cannot.”
#ReproSky #ObGynSky 🧪
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01...
#ReproSky #ObGynSky 🧪
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01...
Healthier mothers, healthier babies: Iron trial could transform pregnancy care worldwide
A major trial has found a single iron infusion in the third trimester can significantly reduce anemia in pregnant women and outperform the efficacy of iron tablets—the current recommended standard of ...
medicalxpress.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
“We found that a single iron infusion in the third trimester can achieve what oral iron tablets taken every day during a pregnancy cannot.”
#ReproSky #ObGynSky 🧪
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01...
#ReproSky #ObGynSky 🧪
medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01...
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Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now the FDA is proposing guidance to help make these devices more reliable and less biased.
FDA issues draft guidance to improve accuracy of pulse oximeters for people with darker skin tones | CNN
Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now the US Food and Drug Administration is proposing guidance to help make these ...
cnn.it
January 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Years of research have showed that pulse oximeters yield less accurate readings for people with darker skin tones, and now the FDA is proposing guidance to help make these devices more reliable and less biased.
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The first person to have a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the US has died, Louisiana's health department said: www.cnn.com/2025/01/06/h...
America’s first bird flu death reported in Louisiana | CNN
The first person to have a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the United States has died, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.
www.cnn.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The first person to have a severe case of H5N1 bird flu in the US has died, Louisiana's health department said: www.cnn.com/2025/01/06/h...