News tagged with blood platelets
Ills of aging blood: Short-circuited stem cell programming linked to failing blood development
As blood stem cells age, changes in the epigenome—the system that regulates which genes are switched on and which are switched off throughout the body—alter these cells in ways that lead to reduced immune ...
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Feb 15, 2013 |
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Uncovering a key player in metastasis
About 90 percent of cancer deaths are caused by secondary tumors, known as metastases, which spread from the original tumor site.
Cancer
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Study shows how dark chocolate may be good for our health—particularly if you are male
(Medical Xpress)—Cocoa-rich dark chocolate might help protect against heart disease and stroke, but probably more so if you are a man.
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Dec 24, 2012 |
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Artificial platelets could treat injured soldiers on the battlefield
When it comes to healing the terrible wounds of war, success may hinge on the first blood clot – the one that begins forming on the battlefield right after an injury.
Medical research
Feb 15, 2013 |
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Genome-wide study into new gene functions in the formation of platelets
In a study into the genetics of blood cell formation, researchers have identified 68 regions of the genome that affect the size and number of platelets. Platelets are small cells that circulate in the blood and are key to ...
Genetics
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Team mimicking a natural defense against malaria to develop new treatments
(Medical Xpress)—One of the world's most devastating diseases is malaria, responsible for at least a million deaths annually, despite global efforts to combat it. Researchers from the Perelman School ...
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Dec 27, 2012 |
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Breakthrough in understanding spread of cancer around the body reported
A new research study has investigated how cancer cells 'hijack' blood cells known as platelets, enabling cancer to spread around the body and promoting the growth of new tumours, it was reported today at the annual Royal ...
Cancer
Mar 06, 2013 |
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Antibody-guided drug works against acute lymphoblastic leukemia
An antibody packaged with a potent chemotherapy drug to selectively destroy acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells eradicated or greatly reduced the disease for 61 percent of 46 patients in a phase II study. It will be ...
Cancer
May 23, 2011 |
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Bone marrow transplantation may increase cancer resistance in patients
Bone marrow transplantation with genetically modified cells may prolong the period of cancer-free survival, suggests a study led by Dr. Vivek Rangnekar, associate director of translational research for the Markey Cancer Center ...
Cancer
Aug 24, 2011 |
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Researchers find five novel gene mutations linked to platelet counts in African Americans
Researchers, led by scientists from Johns Hopkins, have found five previously unknown gene mutations believed to be associated with elevated blood platelet counts in African-Americans, findings they say could someday lead ...
Genetics
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Solving the mystery of blood clotting
How and when our blood clots is one of those incredibly complex and important processes in our body that we rarely think about. If your blood doesn't clot and you cut yourself, you could bleed to death, if ...
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Mar 19, 2012 |
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Researchers discover way to save blood from ravages of chemo treatment
(Medical Xpress)—Chemotherapy kills blood cells as well as cancer cells, often with fatal results. Now Yale stem cell researchers have identified a method they hope one day will help cancer patients undergoing ...
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Oct 19, 2012 |
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How does immune globulin therapy work? Now is the time to find out
Immune globulin replacement began decades ago as a treatment for patients who could not make their own protective antibodies, but has proven to have much broader benefits than originally expected. With new uses regularly ...
Immunology
Nov 21, 2012 |
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Study finds protein in platelets fight malaria but only for some people
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers in Australia have found that a protein in platelets found naturally in blood has a protective effect against malaria. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes how th ...
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Dec 07, 2012 |
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Researchers find that simple blood test can help identify trauma patients at greatest risk of death
A simple, inexpensive blood test performed on trauma patients upon admission can help doctors easily identify patients at greatest risk of death, according to a new study by researchers at Intermountain Medical Center in ...
Health
Jan 18, 2013 |
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