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Human pluripotent stem cells and organoids help to evaluate the processes and cellular response during viral infection and also screen for possible drugs to prevent infection.

email article The oral JAK inhibitor upadacitinib (Rinvoq), approved for use in rheumatoid arthritis, also showed promise for psoriatic arthritis in a phase III trial comparing the drug with placebo and adalimumab (Humira). At week 12, 20% improvements on the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR20) were seen in 70.6% of patients receiving 15 mg daily of upadacitinib; 78.5% of those given 30 mg per day; 65% of those receiving subcutaneous adalimumab, 40 mg every other week...

email article Public health scientists and officials shared information about ways to increase uptake of COVID-19 vaccines and reduce vaccine hesitancy, during a hearing of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology on Friday. The key focus included strategies to eliminate hassles; leverage effective, targeted messaging; and engage "trusted communicators." Committee chair Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) warned that vaccine hesitancy could delay the U.S. recovery from the CO...

This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today and: A fourth of previously treated cholangiocarcinomas (CCA) responded to a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) targeting the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) family, a phase II open-label study showed. Confirmed objective responses occurred in 25 of 108 patients treated with infigratinib. Including unconfirmed responses increased the response rate to 34.2%. More than 80% of patients obtained disease control with FGFR inhibitor. Patien...