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NIH launches database to track neurological symptoms associated with COVID-19
Thyroid disorders before, during pregnancy raise thyroid cancer risk in children
Children born to mothers diagnosed with thyroid disorders before or during pregnancy were significantly more likely to develop thyroid cancer, with risk persisting into adulthood, according to an analysis of registry data.
Grant funds research into chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy susceptibility
Two Cleveland Clinic researchers received a multimillion-dollar grant to investigate biomarkers that may help predict which individuals with cancer are most likely to develop chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathic pain.
COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna, NIH gets FDA review date
The FDA’s vaccine advisory committee will meet on Dec. 17 to review an emergency use authorization (EUA) request for the COVID-19 vaccine candidate codeveloped by Moderna and the NIH, Moderna announced.
A decade of success: CAR-T pioneers reflect on past, look toward future
Prognostic model identifies patients with CLL at risk for ibrutinib failure
A four-factor prognostic model identified patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who had poorer survival outcomes with ibrutinib, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.
COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna, NIH is 94.5% effective, early data show
An interim review of phase 3 data showed that a COVID-19 vaccine codeveloped by Moderna Inc. and the NIH had an efficacy rate of 94.5% with no significant safety concerns, Moderna said.
NIH grant to fund study of ‘chemo brain’ among children
So-called “chemo brain” is a functionally limiting and frustrating consequence of curative treatment for cancer.
ASH announces four new executive committee members
ASH announced the election of four new members to its executive committee.
2.3% of US population reports current e-cigarette use
The prevalence of e-cigarette use increased from 2018 to 2019 among current, former and never adult smokers in the United States, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.