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All potential transplant candidates undergo medical and psychosocial evaluations, which are crucial in determining whether they can get a transplant. The latter are meant to ensure that a patient has adequate social support and is committed to following the recommendations of their medical team. Psychosocial evaluations also consider a patient’s history of misusing alcohol or other substances, as well as factors related to their mental health.

Children living in the most disadvantaged communities have a 60% greater likelihood of being diagnosed with primary hypertension, the leading risk factor for developing cardiovascular disease later in life, according to the first U.S. study of its kind, led by researchers at Nemours Children’s Health and published today (March 15) in JAMA Network Open.

Tuberculosis stands as one of the leading causes of death among young people across the world. Modeling studies suggest that in over 96% of the deadly cases involving children younger than 15 years old, the infected child did not receive treatment.

Explaining the science behind memory and memory loss—including why forgetting is a crucial property of memory, as well as strategies that help people remember better—is the subject of a new book co-authored by Professor and Chair of Psychology and Neuroscience Elizabeth A. Kensinger.

Researchers in the labs of Laurie Cutting, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor and professor of special education at the Peabody College of education and human development, and Bennett Landman, professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the School of Engineering, published a study in January in Magnetic Resonance Imaging exploring a new tool for imaging the brains of neurofibromatosis type 1 patients and its significance in assessing their symptoms.

Although chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has shown potential in the treatment of hematological malignancies, its application in solid tumors is unsatisfactory due to the harsh physical barriers and immunosuppressive microenvironment.

Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have achieved an important breakthrough in the development of a new and highly accurate radiotherapy treatment for cancer called FLASH RT. The new treatment is as effective as current techniques but could also prevent unnecessary damage to healthy tissue and considerably shorten the time that patients spend in the hospital.

New research by the Human Brain Project has found that in the brains of patients with epilepsy, changes in large scale neuronal activations can be detected in the brain’s resting state activity, even when no seizure is ongoing. The non-invasive approach could lead to a new method to aid epilepsy diagnostics.

 THREE people including a depot warehouse manager have been arrested in connection with the theft of fertilizer at Sea Land Commodity Company Limited. The suspects are alleged to have stolen 947 by 50 kilograms bags of Compound D Fertilizer valued at K1,334,417.00. Police deputy spokesperson Danny Mwale said the theft is suspected to have occurred […]

A new study of the aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma suggests that two specific cancer cell mutations may work together to help hide tumors from the immune system, offering a possible way to predict whether the tumors would respond to an emerging class of immunotherapy drugs. The research appears in Cell Reports.