Tandem Meetings offered ‘a lot of variety,’ including CAR-T, AI

In this video, Albert C. Yeh, MD, discusses use of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for autoimmune diseases, one of many topics covered at Tandem Meetings | Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings of ASTCT and CIBMTR.
“That’s quite fascinating because there’s actually more cases of autoimmune diseases than there are cancer cases that are treatable with CAR T cells,” Yeh, physician and research associate of Translational Science and Therapeutics at Fred Hutch Cancer Center and acting assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine,

Study finds bariatric surgery outperforms medical therapy for T2D across income levels

Nonmedical factors drive up to 60 percent of health outcomes, and for people with type 2 diabetes (T2D), social determinants of health factors like poverty, food insecurity, and unstable housing can derail even the best treatment plans. Now, a long-term study led by investigators at Joslin Diabetes Center finds that bariatric metabolic surgery is more effective at glycemic and weight control than medical and lifestyle interventions for people with T2D, even in the setting of social vulnerability. The work is published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

Smart T-shirt could reveal heart conditions in danger of being missed

A smart T-shirt with the power of AI could in the future detect heart conditions as people go about their daily lives, thanks to research at Imperial College London. Currently, people with symptoms like chest pains and dizziness take home a portable ECG, with precisely positioned sticky electrodes, connected with leads to a waist-worn monitor, which needs to be carefully removed and reattached whenever they have a shower.

Do gut microbes shape heart health?

For generations, wise aunties and grandmothers have advised that the quickest path to the heart is through the stomach. Our elders also encourage us to trust our guts when it comes to matters of the heart. And they may be on to something. A growing body of research shows that the gut is not only a proverbial home to romantic feelings, but also a key player in cardiovascular health.

Study identifies long-term health risks in testicular cancer survivors treated with contemporary chemotherapy

A large, multi-center study published online in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (JNCCN) provides new insight into the long-term health effects of contemporary chemotherapy regimens used to treat testicular cancer, highlighting differences in renal function, cardiovascular risk, and the overall burden of chronic health conditions among survivors.