Anirban Maitra
Scientific Director of the Center for Pancreatic Cancer Research at MD Anderson Cancer Ctr. GI Pathologist. Striving to improve the lives of cancer patients.
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PNAS and prejudice
On April 10, 2020, only about 2 months ago in this terrible year, PNAS published my editorial addressing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis (1), which, at that point, had killed more than 100,000 people around the world and more than...
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The Editor-in-chief of @PNASNews Dr. @MayBerenbaum on 🔥 here:
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Immune responses in pancreatic cancer may be restricted by prevalence of activated regulatory T-cells, dysfunctional CD8+ T-cells, and senescent T-cells
Pancreatic cancer has the worst prognosis of any human malignancy and lymphocytes appear to be a major prognostic marker of the disease. There is a need to better characterise T-cells of pancreatic cancer in order to identify novel therapeutic...
GENERATE Genetic Testing Trial Expands Eligibility - Promising Science - Let's Win
Dr. Sapna Syngal explains the expanded eligibility standards for the GENERATE Study for genetic testing of pancreatic cancer patients and relatives.
Coronavirus Doesn't Disappear In The Heat. Here's How Extreme Temperatures Complicate The Response
STEVE GOLDSTEIN: When Arizona was under the governor's stay-at-home order, the state was in the midst of a cooler than normal spring, at least for a couple of weeks. So social distancing and getting fresh air by jogging or cycling or walking the dog...
Fever checks can't catch all Covid-19 cases. Smell tests might help
Temperature checks are a flawed way to catch Covid-19 cases. But a growing body of science suggests adding smell tests to screenings might help.
In the Covid-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or a Job. You Can’t Have Both.
Our struggle is not an emotional concern. We are not burned out. We are being crushed by an economy that has bafflingly declared working parents inessential.
Anirban Maitra
If you’re a “two working parents” family like ours, the fall/winter 2020 school session will be an interesting roller coaster to navigate.
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U.S. Seeks Large-Scale Expansion of Blood-Plasma Collection for Covid-19
Federal health officials are in talks with the American Red Cross and blood organizations about ramping up the collection of blood plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients, in a large-scale effort to build supplies of the promising experimental...
Why Doctors Are Worried About How COVID-19 Is Affecting Cancer
Cancer doctors are worried about possible spikes in new cases, as well as worsening disease for people who avoided care during the pandemic
Feeling Anxious About Wearing A Mask? Here Are 5 Ways To Overcome It
With Covid-19 increasing in the South and West, the possibility of universal mask wearing is being discussed. But, not everyone feels comfortable wearing a mask and many feel anxious. This anxiety is real, physiologic, and normal. The good news is,...
Small Netrin (G1): stroma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Pancreatic Cancer by Kris Raghavan
WebEVTalk 028 Kris Raghavan (PhD Candidate, Edna Cukierman's Lab, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA). Casting a Small Netrin (G1): Functional Characterist...
Help pull hospitals from the brink of crisis | University Health System
Dr. Ronald Stewart, trauma surgeon at University Hospital and chair of the Department of Surgery at UT Health San Antonio, explains how everyone in our community must do their part to help slow the spread of the virus in this Opinion Letter,...
Quantifying the impact of US state non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 transmission
COVID-19 is an ongoing public health emergency. Without a vaccine or effective antivirals, non-pharmaceutical interventions form the foundation of current response efforts. Quantifying the efficacy of these interventions is crucial. Using mortality...
TMC hospitals go into Phase 2 surge plans as ICU capacity exceeds 100 percent
Texas Medical Center hospitals Wednesday began converting some regular floor beds into intensive care units Wednesday in response to a spike in COVID-19 patients that brought volumes above base capacity.
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Texas reports 8,000+ #COVID19 cases in a single day.
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TMC ICUs are in phase 2 with 100% occupancy of regular capacity
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PanCAN Awards 10 New Pancreatic Cancer Research Grants – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
In efforts to advance research, improve patient outcomes and support the scientific community’s efforts during the coronavirus pandemic, PanCAN is awarding 10 new research grants and five grant extensions.
The promise of mRNA vaccines: a biotech and industrial perspective
The promise of mRNA vaccines: a biotech and industrial perspective
Endotheliopathy in COVID-19-associated coagulopathy: evidence from a single-centre, cross-sectional study
Our findings show that endotheliopathy is present in COVID-19 and is likely to be
associated with critical illness and death. Early identification of endotheliopathy
and strategies to mitigate its progression might improve outcomes in COVID-19.
Texas breaks record with nearly 7,000 new coronavirus cases
Texas officials announced nearly 7,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, breaking the state's record for the total number of confirmed cases in one day.