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World’s leading dengue experts gather for summit aimed at ending global threat of the disease

Some of the world’s leading experts on dengue, including those responding to the current dengue crisis and those developing vaccines and other countermeasures to fight the disease, will participate in an international dengue summit Aug. 7 through...
31-Jul-2024 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Juntao Luo, PhD, awarded more than $2 million to fund research on sepsis treatment

Upstate researcher Juntao Luo, PhD, continues to attract funding—securing a more than $2 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)—in his effort to find an effective treatment for severe sepsis, which has a...
30-Jul-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Upstate medical student earns Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship to conduct research in Ghana

Upstate Medical University medical student Katie Farkouh has been awarded a Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship in Public Health for the 2024-2025 school year to conduct research in Ghana.
30-Jul-2024 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Upstate medical student earns Fulbright-Fogarty Fellowship to conduct research in Ghana

As a Fulbright-Fogarty fellow, Katie Farkouh will spend nine months in Accra, Ghana, studying urinary tract infection (UTI) risk and treatment outcomes in children with sickle cell disease.
25-Jul-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

On the origin of congenital limb deficiency

David R. Hootnick, M.D., reveals clinical evidence that most human congenital long bone deficiencies of lower limbs are the result of downstream effects of embryonic arterial dysgenesis, similar to that of thalidomide embryopathy; such limb...
6-Jun-2023 6:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Findings of large clinical trial has major implications for the treatment of small-cell lung cancer.

The largest trial in limited-stage small cell lung cancer ever suggests similar outcomes and long-term survival in patients treated with twice-a-day versus once-a-day radiotherapy.
31-Jan-2023 10:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

Non-Medical Use of Prescription Amphetamines Adds to Risk of Hospitalization, Potentially Fatal Outcomes, According to Analysis of Poison Control Center Data

Analysis of calls to poison control centers by people misusing or abusing amphetamines, usually prescribed for ADHD, via IV injection, nasal or oral routes also links non-medical use to increased risk of admission to critical care units, attempted...
30-Aug-2019 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites