Highlights
Highlights
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Candidate malaria vaccine provides lasting protection in NIH-sponsored trials
Approach could have role in preventing malaria in pregnancy.
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Immunotherapy approach shows potential in some people with metastatic solid tumor
NIH researchers achieved tumor shrinkage in three of seven patients with colorectal cancers.
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Combination targeted treatment produces lasting remissions in people with resistant aggressive B-cell lymphoma
Combination therapy developed by NIH researchers demonstrates the power of precision medicine.
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NIH-funded clinical trial links frequent anger to increased risk of heart disease
Findings demonstrate impairment of blood vessel function; may lead to heart attack, stroke.
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Hearing aids slow cognitive decline in people at high risk
Hearing aids cut the rate of cognitive decline by nearly half in older adults at high risk of dementia.
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NIH clinical trial of tuberculous meningitis drug regimen begins
Six-month multidrug regimen being evaluated against standard treatment.
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For people with advanced bladder cancer, combining enfortumab (Padcev) and pembrolizumab (Keytruda) should be the new standard initial treatment, new clinical trial results suggest.
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The CAR T-cell therapy axicabtagene ciloleucel (Yescarta) improved survival for people with large B-cell lymphoma that was not responding to initial treatment or had relapsed quickly, according to new data from the ZUMA-7 trial
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NCI has helped launch the Pragmatica-Lung Study, a phase 3 randomized clinical trial of a two-drug combination to treat patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The simplified trial design aims to increase accessibility for participants.
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NIH study finds that immunotherapy substantially increases survival of people with lymphomatoid granulomatosis
Patients treated with interferon alfa-2b lived for decades after diagnosis in Phase 2 trial.
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