Christina Mattina

1 week ago | ajmc.com | Christina Mattina

Artificial intelligence, or AI, appears on the agenda of nearly every scientific and medical conference today, and the European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress is no exception. During the 2025 Congress, held June 12-15 in Milan, Italy, the potential and practical uses of AI in hematology appeared not just in various abstracts but also during a lecture in the presidential session.

1 week ago | ajmc.com | Christina Mattina

In abstracts presented at the late-breaking oral session of the 2025 European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress in Milan, Italy, researchers delivered exciting updates from trials of combination therapies and novel agents, findings on the cellular level, and implementation of assessments for predicting outcomes—all spanning an array of diseases both oncological and nonmalignant.

2 weeks ago | ajmc.com | Christina Mattina

Adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients have a distinct set of needs, but a common definition of the term is lacking among hematologists, and the resources and familiarity to frankly discuss topics like sexuality and mental health are even less uniform, according to clinicians and patients who spoke at a session of the 2025 European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress.

2 weeks ago | ajmc.com | Christina Mattina

Research on the molecular and genetic levels is driving the advances in clinical therapy for hematologic disorders, according to remarks by plenary session chair Martin Dreyling, MD, of LMU Hospital Munich, during the 2025 European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress. The 5 abstracts presented during the session spanned clinical trials from phase 1 to phase 3, as well as foundational work using whole-genome sequencing and machine learning to yield new insights.

2 weeks ago | ajmc.com | Christina Mattina

The signs adorning the halls of the 2025 European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress in Milan, Italy, tout EHA’s commitment to “Borderless Hematology”—and a session at the congress proved that the practice of hematology doesn’t stop when leaving Earth. “Space has a lot to offer, even in the context of medical and health sciences,” said Joseph Borg, PhD, of NASA GeneLab and the University of Malta, who kicked off the session.