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  • Severe Plasmodium falciparum Malaria August 20, 2026
    An 82-year-old man was brought to the ED after being “found down.” One week earlier, he had returned from a 1-month visit to Chad. A peripheral-blood smear showed ring-form trophozoites within erythrocytes.
    Emilie Karoline Van Pee, Johan Van Laethem
  • Myeloproliferative Neoplasms August 20, 2026
    This review summarizes the pathogenesis and treatment of myeloproliferative neoplasms, highlighting the role of driver mutations, inflammation, and emerging targeted therapies that may achieve durable disease modification.
    Isabelle Plo, William Vainchenker
  • Marijuana Rescheduling — A Game Changer for Research? August 20, 2026
    A proposed reclassification of medical marijuana products as Schedule III drugs would address only two of the three key barriers to research on marijuana’s safety and effectiveness for various indications.
    Rebecca L. Haffajee, Robert A. Mikos, Ziva D. Cooper
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  • Long-Term Survival of Hypoimmune Allogeneic Islets without Immunosuppression August 20, 2026
    A patient with type 1 diabetes received genetically modified allogeneic islets and no immunosuppression. Results obtained through 14 months support β-cell function and a lack of immune response against the allograft.
    Per-Ola Carlsson, Xiaomeng Hu, Hanne Scholz, Torbjörn Lundgren, Sofie Ingvast, Tim Scholz, Olof Eriksson, Per Liss, Irina Velikyan, Di Yu, Grigol Tediashvili, Tobias Deuse, Olle Korsgren, Sonja Schrepfer
  • Pregnancies in Patients with Autoimmune Disease Receiving CAR T-Cell Therapy August 20, 2026
    Among 14 pregnancies in 13 patients with autoimmune disease who had undergone CAR T-cell therapy, early maternal and neonatal outcomes appeared reassuring, with no disease relapses reported and 8 healthy infants born to date.
    Georg Schett, Andreas Wirsching, Tobias Rothe, Vanessa Visconti, Neil Kramer, Markus Metzler, Tobias Krickau, Gregory W. Kirschen, Daphne Landau, Caitlin Elgarten, Vikas Majithia, Ellen De Langhe, Peter Vandenberghe, Britta Maurer, Zahir Amoura, David Simon, Gerhard Krönke, Peter Gergely, Melissa Fernandes, Tamas Shisha, Brandon M. Law, Ashley Koegel, David J. Chang, Andreas Mackensen, Fabian Müller, Melanie Hagen
  • No to Azithromycin for Preschoolers with Acute Wheezing in the Emergency Department August 20, 2026
    Acute wheezing attacks are common in preschool-age children. These attacks lead to impaired quality of life1 and are associated with trajectories of poor lung function that may be lifelong, especially in children who are exposed to tobacco smoke and have allergic sensitization.2 Despite increased focus on...
    Andrew Bush, Sejal Saglani