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Published: Jan 28, 2021
WATERTOWN, Mass. (BUSINESS WIRE) PlateletBio, a pioneering biotechnology company developing next-generation allogeneic cell therapies for treatment of human diseases, has named Steven M. Altschuler, M.D., as Chairman of its Board of Directors.
“As a clinician, healthcare administrator, biotech entrepreneur and venture capital investor, Steve’s leadership and breadth of experience in the clinical development of cell and gene therapies will be invaluable to PlateletBio as we progress our cell therapy platform into the clinic later this year,” said Sam Rasty, Ph.D., President and CEO of PlateletBio. “We will benefit tremendously from Steve’s clinical leadership experience, including serving as CEO of both the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Miami Health System, as we continue to advance PlateletBio into its next phase of growth as a clinical stage company.”
Current surgical risk scores overestimate risk in mini-AVR procedures
Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement surgery is a safer procedure than indicated by current surgical risk scores, according to Joseph Lamelas, M.D., chief and program director of cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Miami Health System.
Surgical risk scores are designed to help physicians and patients evaluate their options. However, they overestimate the risk for minimally invasive aortic valve replacement (mini-AVR) procedures through a mini thoracotomy, which can provide better outcomes and faster recoveries than open-heart surgeries through the sternum.
Dr. Joseph Lamelas, University of Miami Health System
After analyzing 1,018 low-risk patients undergoing surgery for aortic stenosis, Dr. Lamelas and his collaborative research team looked at the four available risk scoring systems: Society of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of Mortality (STS-PROM), European System for Cardiac Operative Risk
Whether on fingers or toes, a health threat may be growing under your nails
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You may not pay much attention to the appearance of your nails. Even if you regularly treat yourself to mani-pedis, you may miss out on symptoms of a deadly health threat, one that may lurk right beneath the polish.
That menace may be a tumor. Found right under nail plates, these lesions can develop on your fingers and toes. And, while they don’t get the kind of notoriety other bodily tumors do, they too can be benign or cancerous malignant with any of several types of cancer, in fact. As such, these tumors can vary in appearance and size.