Blood

Team finds a new way to inhibit blood clotting and inflammation

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have identified a group of small molecules that interfere with the activity of a compound that initiates multiple steps in blood clotting, including those that lead to the obstruction of veins ...

Medical research created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A new technique to study how myeloids become white blood cells

University of Illinois cell and developmental Biology professor Fei Wang and colleagues have created a new technique to study how myeloids, a type of blood stem cell, become the white blood cells important for immune system ...

Cancer created Oct 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists harness immune system to prevent lymphoma relapse

UK scientists hope that lymphoma patients could benefit from a new drug that triggers the cancer-fighting properties of the body's own immune system, after highly promising early laboratory results.

Cancer created Oct 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers' discovery revives hope in promising lymphoma treatment

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered the mechanism by which an experimental drug known as GCS-100 removes from lymphoma cells a protein that prevents the cells from ...

Cancer created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study suggests stem cell transplant survivors at increased risk of developing heart disease

New research appearing online today in Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), suggests that long-term survivors of hematopoietic cell transplants (HCT) are at an increased risk of developing hear ...

Cardiology created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Deadly complication of stem cell transplants reduced in mice

(Medical Xpress)—Studying leukemia in mice, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have reduced a life-threatening complication of stem cell transplants, the only curative treatment when leukemia ...

Medical research created Sep 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Half-match' bone marrow transplants wipe out sickle cell disease in selected patients

In a preliminary clinical trial, investigators at Johns Hopkins have shown that even partially-matched bone marrow transplants can eliminate sickle cell disease in some patients, ridding them of painful and debilitating symptoms, ...

Medical research created Sep 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers restore children's immune systems with refinements in gene therapy

Researchers have demonstrated that a refined gene therapy approach safely restores the immune systems of some children with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). The rare condition blocks the normal development of a newborn's ...

Immunology created Sep 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Team creates a unique mouse model for the study of aplastic anaemia

Aplastic anaemia is characterised by a reduction in the number of the bone marrow cells that go on to form the different cell types present in blood (essentially red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets). In most ...

Medical research created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

B cell survival holds key to chronic graft vs. host disease

Leukemia and lymphoma patients who receive life-saving stem cell or bone marrow transplants often experience chronic side effects that significantly decrease quality of life, can last a lifetime, and ultimately affect their ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Preschool within lymphatic vessels

Not only infants crawl. ETH researchers have shown that so-called dendritic cells, important cells of the immune system, use a similar mode of movement more often than previously assumed. The scientists us ...

Medical research created Aug 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mayo Clinic completes first genome-wide analysis of peripheral T-cell lymphomas

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have completed the world's first genome-wide sequencing analysis of peripheral T-cell lymphomas, unlocking the genetic secrets of this poorly understood and highly aggressive cancer of the immune ...

Cancer created Aug 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The RHAU helicase: A key player in blood formation

Scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research have discovered that the helicase RHAU, a protein that can resolve complex structures in both DNA and RNA molecules, is essential for ...

Medical research created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tumor cells' inner workings predict cancer progression

Using a new assay method to study tumor cells, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center have found evidence of clonal evolution in chronic ...

Cancer created Jul 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers shed light on new multiple myeloma therapy

Researchers from John Theurer Cancer Center at HackensackUMC, one of the nation's 50 best hospitals for cancer, played leading roles in three separate multi-center studies with the new proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib published ...

Cancer created Jul 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0