Researchers said the study s results raised the possibility that pain relievers such as ibuprofen could alter the immune response to the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dr. Colleen Kelley, an associate professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, who was not affiliated with the study, speculates that an altered response could be caused by reducing inflammation triggered by the immune system.
“The immune system generates a response through controlled inflammation. (Pain relievers) can reduce the production of inflammatory mediators,” she said. “So, this is the potential mechanism for a reduced immune response to vaccination if you take these medications.”
But Dr. Marian Michaels, a member of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s COVID-19 vaccine advisory committee, says studies have shown the immune system responds differently to the COVID-19 vaccine than it does to natural infection.
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OmniSeq and UPMC Collaborate to Launch Novel Phase II Prospective Head and Neck Cancer Clinical Study
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BUFFALO, N.Y., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ OmniSeq®, an innovator in next generation sequencing in oncology, today announced its collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to employ its RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) gene expression profile assay for selecting immunotherapy combinations for patients in a Phase II clinical trial for patients with Recurrent/Metastatic (R/M) head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The primary objective is to better select novel immunotherapeutic combinations by taking a more personalized approach to improve response rates and to further develop better predictive biomarkers of efficacy.
Highlights Race and social determinants of health were associated with the likelihood of undergoing kidney transplantation among US adults with kidney failure. Interventions that target social determinants of health may improve access to kidney transplantation.
Washington, DC (January 28, 2021) Among US adults with kidney failure, race and social determinants of health were associated with patients likelihood of receiving a kidney transplant. The findings come from an analysis that will appear in an upcoming issue of
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Blacks are more likely than whites to develop kidney failure, but they re less likely to undergo kidney transplantation, the optimal treatment for kidney failure. Blacks also have disproportionately lower rates of kidney transplants from living donors, which offer superior patient and transplant survival rates compared with deceased-donor kidney transplants.
You Tested Positive for Covid-19. Now What?
Doctors answer questions about quarantining, getting the vaccine and resuming daily activities
A Covid-19 diagnosis can be unsettling and stir up anxiety and a flurry of questions. Many people who learn they have tested positive wonder how long they will be contagious, what they should or shouldnât do while quarantining and when they can expect to see symptoms abate.
We asked doctors for answers to questions about dealing with a positive Covid test.
How long will I be contagious?
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says anyone who tests positive for Covid-19 should isolate for 10 days starting at symptom onset. That means avoiding all contact with other people and not leaving home unless you need to go to a medical appointment. If you are asymptomatic and test positive and never develop symptoms, the isolation period should start on the day you took your diagnostic test. You are believed to no lon