During pandemic’s first 9 months, depression and anxiety increased sharply among Americans

Confirming anecdotal evidence that the spread of the coronavirus has strained Americans’ mental health, Boston College researchers found reports of anxiety increased to 50 percent and depression to 44 percent by November, 2020—rates six times higher than 2019—according to a new report in the journal Translational Behavioral Medicine.

Less is more for the next generation of CAR T cells

When researchers from Penn Medicine found that many patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treated with the investigational chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy targeting the CD22 antigen didn’t respond, they went back to the drawing board to determine why. They discovered that less is more when it comes to the length of …

Minimally invasive retinal reattachment procedure leads to superior photoreceptor integrity

A minimally invasive retinal reattachment procedure that can be done in an ophthalmologist’s office leads to better long-term integrity and structure of the retina’s photoreceptors—cells that allow us to see—compared with more invasive operating room procedures, according to new research published April 22.