Research Sometimes Tumors Vanish, but Improvements Still Needed for CAR T-Cell Immunotherapy By Leslie Orr Nov. 19, 2020 Patrick Reagan, M.D., looks at the data on his computer screen and a rare grin spreads across his face. His most recent study results for patients with end-stage mantle cell lymphoma show that an ...
Patient Care CAR T-cell Therapy: 'Research and Amazing Medicine' By Leslie Orr Nov. 18, 2020 In autumn of 2017, Nicole Zaleski-Conine experienced side effects she chalked up to a host of reasons, but in January 2018, the definitive diagnosis came in: follicular lymphoma that transformed into ...
Patient Care CAR T-cell Therapy: The Doctor is a Patient By Leslie Orr Nov. 18, 2020 Patrick Brophy, M.D., physician-in-chief at UR Medicine Golisano Children’s Hospital, says he never looked at his own medical chart. But he knew his health was declining rapidly.
Research Research to Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases Advances: URMC Start-up Acquired By Mark Michaud Nov. 18, 2020 Oscine Therapeutics – a biotechnology company that is developing cell-based therapies for neurological disorders based on discoveries made at the University of Rochester Medical Center – has been ...
Community As Coronavirus Surges, A Doctor and His Family Urge Us All to Stay Safe By Emily Boynton Nov. 16, 2020 Paritosh Prasad, M.D., has taken care of patients with COVID-19 in Strong Memorial Hospital’s intensive care unit since the start of the pandemic. He and his children share important messages with ...
Patient Care Navigating Telemedicine in Cancer Care By Lydia Fernandez Nov. 13, 2020 Telemedicine may be one of the positive legacies of the COVID crisis. At Wilmot, a team of doctors, nurses and administrative staff moved quickly to get providers and patients online. By the time the ...
Research New Institute Takes Aim at Infectious Pathogens, Builds Pipeline of Clinician Researchers By Mark Michaud Nov. 11, 2020 The Translational Immunology and Infectious Diseases Institute will focus on the development of new treatments and vaccines, and strategies to better control the spread of infectious diseases like ...
Research Shingles Vaccine Shows Promise in Lymphoma Patients By Leslie Orr Nov. 10, 2020 New research gives a thumbs up to offering the shingles vaccine to lymphoma patients, who were often not eligible in the past.
Community Face to Face: Paula Cupertino on Finding Community and Eliminating Health Disparities By Lydia Fernandez Nov. 6, 2020 As Wilmot Cancer Institute’s first Associate Director of Community Outreach, Engagement and Disparities, Paula Cupertino, Ph.D., came to Rochester knowing that she had big challenges ahead.
Research Fresh Faces, New Energy: Transforming Research at Wilmot By Leslie Orr Oct. 20, 2020 Wilmot Cancer Institute leadership has enlisted bright minds from across the nation to come here, to Rochester, as part of a team that pledges to defeat cancer.