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In the past, the calculation of the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) for Black individuals could result in an overestimation of kidney function, which could delay their disease stage identification, treatment, and listing for transplantation. The United Organ Sharing Network has removed the race variable in the eGFR calculation, making it race-neutral. Learn more.
A genetically modified beneficial strain of bacteria blocks intestinal inflammation in a preclinical model of inflammatory bowel disease and has the potential to treat intestinal-based diseases
Boosting-the-bodys-anti-viral-immune-response-may-eliminate-aging-cells. Boosting-the-bodys-anti-viral-immune-response-may-eliminate-aging-cells. Key Takeaways • Aging cells express a protein that is produced by human cytomegalovirus and is
Lindsay T. Fourman, MD and Andrea G. Edlow, MD are co-authors of a new study in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Accelerated Longitudinal Weight Gain Among Infants with In Utero COVID-19 Exposure.
When she was 13 years old, Chelsey Lim, MD, boarded a plane that took her from her home country of South Korea to her grandparents’ town of Moorestown, NJ. Several years later, she recalled her own experience with immigration when she tutored teen and young adult refugees through her university’s afterschool tutoring program. Lim is now a first-year resident at Mass General for Children, where she is exploring career paths that focus on caring for refugees in hospitals and through community health centers.
The HEALEY ALS Platform Trial is designed to evaluate multiple investigational products simultaneously, thus accelerating the development of effective and breakthrough treatments for people living with ALS.
Anne Neilan, MD, MPH, physician-investigator in the Department of Pediatrics and Medicine and an assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, is the co-senior author of a new paper in Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Read a Women’s History Month Q&A with Mass General Cancer Center women in oncology who share their career journeys and advice for the next generation.
Research-Spotlight-Steven-Grinspoon. Research-Spotlight-Steven-Grinspoon. Headshot template Steven Grinspoon, MD, and Marton Kolossváry, MD, PhD, are co-authors of a new study in eBbiomedicine, Identification of pre-infection markers and
Maternal SARS‐CoV‐2 positivity during pregnancy was associated with nearly two-fold higher odds of a neurodevelopmental diagnosis at 12 months of age among male children.
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