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Pete Chan

Mar 01 2023

Plain language summary of a fingerprinting technique to monitor blood cancer

This plain language summary describes a study in which researchers investigated a new tool called Raman spectroscopy in the detection and monitoring of blood cancer.

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The original article on which this plain language summary is based is titled ‘Nanoparticle surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy as a noninvasive, label-free tool to monitor hematological malignancy’ and was published in Nanomedicine. Read the original article here.

Written by Pete Chan · Categorized: Blood, Cancer · Tagged: blood cancer, lay summary, plain language summary

Mar 01 2023

A plain language summary of the impact of vaccines against flu and chickenpox in people with multiple sclerosis treated with cladribine tablets

This plain language summary from Neurodegenerative Disease Management describes the MAGNIFY-MS study, which investigated whether cladribine tablets affect how well the body responds to flu and chickenpox virus vaccines in people with multiple sclerosis.

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The original article on which this plain language summary is based is titled ‘Varicella zoster virus and influenza vaccine antibody titres in patients from MAGNIFY-MS who were treated with cladribine tablets for highly active relapsing multiple sclerosis’ and was published in the Multiple Sclerosis Journal. Read the original article here.

Written by Pete Chan · Categorized: Brain and nerves, Infections · Tagged: lay summary, multiple sclerosis, plain language summary, vaccines

Mar 01 2023

Plain language summary of the VOLTAIRE-CD study in people with moderate-to-severe active Crohn’s disease

This plain language summary from Immunotherapy describes the VOLTAIRE-CD study, in which researchers compared BI 695501, a biosimilar to treat Crohn’s disease, with the original drug, adalimumab.

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The original article on which this plain language summary is based is titled ‘Safety and efficacy of BI 695501 versus adalimumab reference product in patients with advanced Crohn’s disease (VOLTAIRE-CD): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, phase 3 trial’ and was published in The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Read the original article here.

Written by Pete Chan · Categorized: Inflammatory and Immune-related disorders · Tagged: biosimilar, Crohn's, lay summary, plain language summary

Mar 01 2023

Plain language summary of Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine protection against COVID-19 and its safety in participants 12- to 15-years-old

This plain language summary from Future Virology describes part of a clinical study of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The part of the study described was focused on participants 12- to 15-years old and was ongoing at the time of publication, meaning the final results may be different from the results included in this summary.

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The original article on which this plain language summary is based is titled ‘Safety, Immunogenicity, and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 Covid-19 Vaccine in Adolescents’ and was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Read the original article here.

Written by Pete Chan · Categorized: Infections · Tagged: COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccines, lay summary, plain language summary

Mar 01 2023

Plain language summary of Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine safety in participants 16 years or older and protection against COVID-19 in participants 12 years or older

This plain language summary from Future Virology describes part of a clinical study of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The part of the study described was ongoing at the time of publication, meaning the final results may be different from the results included in this summary.

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The original article on which this plain language summary is based is titled ‘Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine through 6 Months’ and was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Read the original article here.

Written by Pete Chan · Categorized: Infections · Tagged: COVID vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccines, lay summary, plain language summary

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