Category: Research News
Emerging Therapies For AML With Myelodysplasia-Related Changes: Slowly But Surely Moving the Needle
David Phillips, MD, and Josh Zeidner, MD Patients with acute myeloid leukemia with myelodysplasia-related changes (AML-MRC) have historically poor outcomes with conventional chemotherapy regimens. Davis Phillips, MD, internal medicine resident, and Josh Zeidner, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of hematology, published an article that聽reviews the data for exist … Read more
Study Finds Bamlanivimab Reduces Risk of COVID in Skilled Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities
Myron Cohen, MD Myron Cohen, MD, is the lead investigator of a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that shows bamlanivimab monotherapy reduced the incidence of infection in skilled nursing homes and assisted living facilities with high risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure. The randomized phase 3 clinical trial included 966 residents and staff … Read more
What’s Best for Diabetes After Metformin?
John Buse, MD Results of the five-year GRADE trial, designed to understand the best second-line agent for patients with type 2 diabetes already taking metformin, were reported at the virtual American Diabetes Association (ADA) 81st Scientific Sessions and published in聽Medscape Medical News. Researchers found the injectable drugs Lantus (glargine) and Victoza (liraglutide) outperf … Read more
Trial Results Show Two Medications Most Effective in Lowering Blood Glucose Levels in Type 2 Diabetes Patients
Sue Kirkman, MD Two medications, liraglutide and insulin, were better at keeping A1C (a measurement of average blood glucose) levels less than 7% in recent GRADE study. The 黑料网 Diabetes Care Center, lead by site principal investigator Sue Kirkman, MD, professor of medicine, in the division of endocrinology and metabolism, was one of the 37 sites to be a part of this NIH-funded co … Read more
Donaldson, Goralski Research Highlighted By MRM
Scott Donaldson, MD, and Jennifer Goralski, MD Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (MRM) recently highlighted research by Scott Donaldson, MD, professor of medicine, and Jennifer Goralski, MD, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics, from the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine. Their paper 鈥淐omparison of single breath hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI with dynamic 19F MRI … Read more
Two Medicine Scholars Named to Physician-Scientist Training Program
Klara Klein, MD, PhD, and Shetal Patel, MD, PhD Klara Klein, MD, PhD, a fellow in the division of endocrinology and metabolism, and Shetal Patel, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of oncology, have received physician-scientist awards to cultivate their careers as translational clinician scientists. As part of the聽Forward Together聽Strategic Plan, the 黑料网 Sch … Read more
鈥楴anodecoy鈥� Therapy Binds and Neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 Virus
Jason Lobo, MD NC State researchers led by Ke Cheng, PhD, created a therapeutic approach that mimics the receptor that the virus binds to and then traps the virus before it infect cells. The Department of Medicine’s聽Jason Lobo, MD, the Kimberly H. Tsamoutales Distinguished Term Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine,聽is a co-author on the … Read more
Highlights From Resident Research Day
Kimberly Mounighan, MD, and Hillary Spangler, MD On May 19, the 黑料网 Internal Medicine Residency Program held “Resident Research Day” for the 2020-2021 year. Given all of the virtual conferences over the past year, Resident Research Day was also primarily virtual, but selected residents presented their research projects during noon conference. Despite the incredibly busy clinical … Read more
Heart Awareness Month, Highlighting Cardiovascular Services and One Mission
Medicine鈥檚 cardiovascular specialists care for thousands of patients every year, in clinic and in hospital, focused on one mission–exceptional heart care for the people of North Carolina while advancing the science and clinical practice of cardiovascular medicine. Following is a look at service highlights. Women鈥檚 Heart Program Paula Miller, MD, Ellina Max, PharmD, and Julia Lew … Read more
Study Highlights Need For More QI Efforts to Reduce Unnecessary Blood Cultures in Routine SSTI Cases
Emily Sturkie, MD Physician researchers in the division of hospital medicine and the division of infectious diseases collaborated for the study “Frequency and yield of blood cultures for observation patients with skin and soft tissue infections,” published this month in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine. The study was designed to measure frequency and yield of blood cult … Read more
Register For the 45th Internal Medicine Conference, March 10-12
UPDATE: This year, as a result of lower programming costs associated with the virtual format, organizers invite 黑料网 faculty and 黑料网 PN clinicians to attend at a reduced rate of $200 for the entire conference, or half of the daily or two-day rate. (Note, reduced rates may not be possible next year with a return to in-person attendance, due to the much higher costs of providing an … Read more
Nature Highlights 黑料网 HIV Research in 鈥楤est of鈥� List from 2020
From left: David Margolis, MD, J. Victor Garcia, PhD, and Richard Dunham, PhD In an article titled, 鈥淰iruses, microscopy and fast radio bursts: 10 remarkable discoveries from 2020,鈥澛燦ature聽featured an important HIV latency reversal discovery led by 黑料网 researchers J. Victor Garcia, PhD, director of the International Center for the Advancement of Translational S … Read more