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Two recent cardiology trials from Cleveland Clinic have focused on a "gene silencing" therapy and an experimental drug used to treat heart disease that thickens a heart muscle.

Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle Children's and UW Medicine have restructured their long-standing partnership and formed a unified adult cancer research and care center. 

The following oncologists joined new practices or organizations in the last few weeks: 

News about an entire North Carolina cancer center board resigning in light of the director's removal was Becker's most read oncology story in March. 

Researchers from the Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota received two grants totaling over $6.5 million from the National Institutes of Health to study pediatric cardiovascular health, the university said March 31. 

Staten Island (N.Y.) University Hospital appointed Chika Madu, MD, its new chair of radiation oncology, silive.com reported March 31.

Older diabetes patients had a higher risk for severe influenza outcomes, including hospitalizations, a study recently published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases found. 

Researchers at Smidt Heart Institute at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai have developed an algorithm that, for the first time, distinguishes between treatable and untreatable forms of sudden cardiac arrest, the medical center said March 30. 

Lusana Ahsan, MD, has joined a practice of St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates, the Albany, N.Y.-based healthcare network said March 28. 

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center in Phoenix has implemented a system that schedules outpatient chemotherapy appointments throughout the day to avoid crowding in its facilities, the center said March 29.