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What is an ultrasensitive DNA test in cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Dec 08, 2025

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The genetic makeup of a cancer is quite different than that of the person who has it, and now new efforts to very specifically characterize the cancer are poised to have surveillance and treatment implications. That’s according to Kimmel Cancer …

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Should the complex business of organ transplantation be turned over to a private enterprise? Elizabeth Tracey reports Dec 01, 2025

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Obtaining human organs for transplantation is largely managed by UNOS, the United Network for Organ Sharing, and it’s a not for profit enterprise. Yet Adam Schiavi, a neuro critical care expert at Johns Hopkins, says if current political forces have …

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Allowing the market to dictate organ transplantation increases inequity, Elizabeth Tracey reports Dec 01, 2025

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Does the organ transplantation system in the US need reform? That’s the agenda of a disgruntled family member whose relative waited years for a transplant, in testimony before Congress, but Adam Schiavi, a neuro critical care expert at Johns Hopkins, …

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Would an organ transplant system that is profit driven be acceptable? Elizabeth Tracey reports Dec 01, 2025

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UNOS, the United Network for Organ Sharing, oversees much of the organ transplantation taking place in the United States, and how it manages this is currently under attack, with some proponents arguing that the system should be replaced by one …

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Getting an organ transplant requires a number of factors to be aligned, Elizabeth Tracey reports Dec 01, 2025

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When it comes to organ transplantation one size does not fit all. A multitude of factors determine whether a given organ is right for a certain recipient, with at least one disgruntled family member challenging the system in Congress and …

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How are special interests attempting to change our organ donation system? Elizabeth Tracey reports Dec 01, 2025

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Is five years unacceptably long to wait on a transplant list for a donor heart? The son of a recipient thinks so, and is attempting to radically change our national organ transplant system. Johns Hopkins neuro critical care expert Adam Schiavi …

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Curtailing firearm violence must start with the facts, Elizabeth Tracey reports Nov 24, 2025

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Almost 400 million firearms are in civilian hands in the United States, a fact cited in the recently released JAMA Summit Report on Reducing Firearm Violence and Harms. Another is that firearms are involved in nearly 80% of homicides and …

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What is the role of technology in reducing firearm violence? Elizabeth Tracey reports Nov 24, 2025

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In our current AI boom, it can seem as if technology will soon take over our lives. Yet Joseph Sakran, one member of a multidisciplinary panel that has just published The JAMA Summit Report on Reducing Firearm Violence and Harms …

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What steps are needed to reduce firearm injuries and deaths in the United States? Elizabeth Tracey reports Nov 24, 2025

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The JAMA Summit Report on Reducing Firearm Violence and Harms is a comprehensive document that’s just been released on the proceedings of a multidisciplinary panel convened to consider firearm violence from many perspectives. Trauma surgeon Joseph Sakran at Johns Hopkins …

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How might a new paradigm reduce firearm violence in the United States? Elizabeth Tracey reports Nov 24, 2025

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The good news is in many cities around the United States deaths and injuries due to firearm violence appear to be trending down, and a new summit report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association may help continue …

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