Melissa Murphy

Oct 28, 2024 | dt.no | Melissa Murphy

Det er 15 år siden jeg satt i The Bronx, New York, som plankonsulent, over bordet for min oppdragsgiver med ansvar for metrobanen og en direktør fra New York Citys parketat. Da vi spurte om å få bruke et lite område, forvaltet av parkavdelingen, til rigging for en viktig stasjonsoppgradering, fikk vi et klart svar. Drammen kommune må spare penger, og politikerne ønsket å se muligheten til å spare 50 millioner på skoler.

May 30, 2023 | futuremedicine.com | Melissa Murphy |Michael Fishman

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is an effective neuromodulation technique for treating chronic neuropathic pain. Recent rapid growth in understanding its mechanism has led to the development of glial cell-based differential target multiplexed (DTM) stimulation and its derivative algorithm. Both preclinical research and clinical trials in humans showed superior pain relief using DTM SCS compared with traditional SCS.

Feb 24, 2023 | ijidonline.com | Melissa Murphy |Cape Town |Sara Suliman

Highlights•BCG vaccination did not modulate myeloid functional responses to BCG•BCG vaccination induced NK cell functional responses to BCG•NK responses correlate with pro-inflammatory mediators only in vaccinated infants•BCG-induced NK cell responses may contribute to immunity against mycobacteriaAbstractIntroductionThe Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is usually administered at birth to protect against severe forms of tuberculosis in children.