Findings support excluding chronic heart failure, cirrhosis, chronic lung disease from a list of conditions which should be triaged as lower priority for ventilators if there is a shortage.
The researchers believe that this work offers a new context for neuroinflammatory actions in the human brain that may explain how opioids produce circuit dysfunction.
Findings suggest that clinicians, educators and public health officials should approach different prevention and treatment strategies for men and women.
The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and its Integrated Pilot Program helps investigators explore major challenges in translational sciences.
Over the next year, Dr. Farb will prepare the department (now ranked in the top 18th percentile) for its transition from his leadership to its next stages of development.
Understanding how antibodies and antibody-secreting cells can fight against lung infection will provide new directions for improving vaccines and treatment.