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Researchers Discover Gut Mechanism That Triggers Innate Immunity Against Respiratory Infections

Scientists studying how a common tuberculosis vaccine works have discovered that it induces a previously unknown mechanism in the gut that triggers a systemic immune alert, which then causes changes in the innate immune system in the lung to fend off not just tuberculosis, but a broad range of respiratory pathogens

UVA Discovers Driver of High Blood Pressure

School of Medicine researchers have identified a key contributor to high blood pressure that could lead to new treatments for a condition which affects almost half of American adults.

Minorities Face Longer Waits for Vital Lung Cancer Treatment: Study

A new study has revealed significant racial disparities in how quickly minorities with the most common form of lung cancer receive potentially lifesaving radiation therapy compared with their white counterparts.

UVA Creates Shining ‘KSTAR’ to Guide Cancer Treatments

UVA Health Cancer Center researchers have developed an algorithm that will improve cancer care by quickly and easily identifying patients who will benefit from powerful cancer drugs called kinase inhibitors.

Missing Pathway In Lysosome Underlies Newly Discovered Human Disease

In a rare disease called mucolipidosis type II, people’s hearts and abdomens swell, and their bones grow malformed.

A High-Sugar Diet Decreases Sweetness In Rats

For many people, a high-sugar diet has become almost accidental.

Splicing Deregulation Detected and Targeted in Type of Childhood Leukemia

In some children, pediatric acute myeloid leukemia can become resistant to treatment; UC San Diego researchers think they now know why.

UCLA Study on Immune Cell Response Could Lead To More Effective Immunotherapy

UCLA researchers have identified and analyzed the steps by which immune cells “see” and respond to cancer cells, providing insights into reasons some treatments may be effective for certain patients but not others.

Boosting Survival of A Beneficial Bacterium In The Human Gut

Yale researchers uncovered a novel mechanism by which “good” bacteria colonize the gut. The finding could help spur the development of new probiotic therapies.

New Paper Highlights Approach to Restructuring Medical Education in Liberia

In 2015, at the end of the Ebola crisis, Liberia had just 80 physicians providing care for a population of over four million, one of the lowest physician-to-population ratios worldwide.

New Algorithms Could Improve Pediatric Tuberculosis Diagnosis

Tuberculosis stands as one of the leading causes of death among young people across the world.

LIVE-HCM Study: Insights on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Management

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) Annual Scientific Session included a late-breaking clinical trial on the safety of vigorous exercise for individuals with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).

Raising Awareness About Colorectal Cancer

With the arrival of March, Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, faculty and staff in the Department of Internal Medicine’s Section of Digestive Diseases are redoubling their efforts to spread the word about the importance of screening, especially in younger individuals and those with a family history of the disease.

New Class of Drugs Could Prevent Resistant COVID-19 Variants

The constant evolution of new COVID-19 variants makes it critical for clinicians to have multiple therapies in their arsenal for treating drug-resistant infections.

Antibiotics for Acne: Groundbreaking Study Shows Why One Works Best

Anew study brings precision to the understanding of which antibiotics work best for acne treatment and why.

Treating A Heart Attack Before It Happens

A preventive procedure, performed on healthy mice, improved their recovery from later-occurring cardiac injury, reshaping our knowledge of regeneration in hearts – and possibly other organs

Homing In on The Genetics of Severe COVID In Children

One of the most terrifying aspects of the COVID pandemic has been its unpredictably severe impact on some children.

Israeli study notes drawbacks of neonatal intensive care units

A new study shows that full-term infants admitted into neonatal intensive care (NICU) units have an elevated risk of long-term childhood mortality, according to a team of researchers led by Shahar Talisman and Sorina Grisaru Granovsky.

INSPIRE registry study details prevalance of long-term COVID-19

A new study, from the CDC-funded INSPIRE registry, has found that half of the COVID-19 patients and one-quarter of COVID-negative patients, who had acute COVID-19-like symptoms, tested positive, for at least one symptom, three months later.