August 15, 2025

Dana-Farber Research News 08.15.2025

This twice-monthly newsletter highlights recently published research where Dana-Farber faculty are listed as first or senior authors. The information is pulled from PubMed and this issue notes papers published from July 16 through July 31.

Dana-Farber

August 15, 2025

Indocyanine Green Angiography Shows Potential in Leak Prevention

The benefit might be in preventing grade A or B leaks, the researchers posited.

Conexiant

August 15, 2025

Autoimmune Diseases Tied to Different Digestive Cancer Risks

Researchers examined celiac disease, SLE, MS, and T1D in relation to cancers of the pancreas, stomach, esophagus, small intestine, colon, rectum, liver, and gallbladder.

Conexiant

August 15, 2025

COVID-19 Booster in Pregnancy Linked to Higher Infant Antibodies

A COVID-19 mRNA booster given during pregnancy is associated with greater transplacental antibody transfer and sustained infant antibody levels through 6 months of age.

Conexiant

August 15, 2025

ASH Announces 2025 Hematologists to Be Honored With Top Awards and Distinguished Lectures

The American Society of Hematology (ASH) will recognize 11 hematologists who have made significant contributions to the field with several honorific awards and prestigious lectures at the 2025 ASH Ann...

The ASCO Post

August 15, 2025

Experimental Approach to Graft-vs-Host Disease Prophylaxis Offers Alternative to Standard Regimen

Prevention of graft-vs-host disease was far superior with a cyclophosphamide/cyclosporin-based regimen than with standard prophylaxis in patients receiving a matched-sibling donor stem cell transplant...

The ASCO Post

August 15, 2025

Best of ASCO 20th Anniversary: Advancing Medicine and Patient Care, ASCO Style!

For the 20th year in a row, major advances in cancer research and practice-changing clinical trials from the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting (ASCO25) were presented at the ASCO-licensed Best of ASCO meeting,...

The ASCO Post

August 15, 2025

Trial Tests Timing of IOPTH in RHPT Surgery

About 15% of patients with parathyroid gland enlargement from chronic kidney disease still require surgery within 10 years of starting dialysis, even with calcimimetics treatment. Surgical failure rates can reach 28%, often due to missed ectopic or supernumerary glands.

Conexiant

August 15, 2025

Human Cell Atlas Adds Somatic Mutation Baselines

New insights could inform studies of early cancer development in humans

The Pathologist