Moffitt researchers identify molecular characteristics of leptomeningeal melanoma metastases

TAMPA, Fla. – Patients with advanced melanoma who develop metastases in the leptomeninges, the fluid filled membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord, have an extremely dismal prognosis. Most patients only survive for 8 to 10 weeks after diagnosis. One reason for this poor prognosis is that very little information is known about the molecular…

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Massachusetts General Hospital performs first-of-its-kind heart transplant in New England

BOSTON — A team of surgeons and specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is announcing an achievement in transplant surgery today, having recently performed the largest number of adult heart transplants in the country using what are known as Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) donor hearts. The five transplants also include the first surgery of…

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nTIDE December 2019 Jobs Report: End-of-year gains minimal for people with disabilities

East Hanover, NJ – January 10, 2020 – Job gains were minimal for Americans with disabilities at the close of 2019, according to today’s National Trends in Disability Employment – Monthly Update (nTIDE), issued by Kessler Foundation and the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability (UNH-IOD). In the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Jobs…

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