News tagged with bone marrow
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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 ...
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Aug 29, 2012 |
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Langerhans cells migrate to their final destination in multiple waves at different stages of embryonic development
As our primary interface with the outside world, the skin needs to be able to protect itself against infectious threats. Specialized cells known as Langerhans cells (LCs) (see image) are an essential component ...
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Aug 29, 2012 |
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Alcohol by-product destroys blood stem cells
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology have found that stem cells in the body's 'blood cell factory'—the bone marrow—are extremely sensitive to the main breakdown ...
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Aug 27, 2012 |
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Study shows long-term effects of radiation in pediatric cancer patients
For many pediatric cancer patients, total body irradiation (TBI) is a necessary part of treatment during bone marrow transplant– it's a key component of long term survival. But lengthened survival creates ...
Cancer
Aug 21, 2012 |
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Southampton scientists to investigate ways to prevent life-threatening complications in transplant patients
Scientists from the University of Southampton have received a grant from the blood cancer charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research to explore ways of preventing life-threatening side effects in patients receiving ...
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Aug 21, 2012 |
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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
Aug 16, 2012 |
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Study finds one treatment stands above others for adults with Langerhans cell histiocytosis
A study by a Baylor College of Medicine physician-researcher has shed light on the most effective treatment for adults with Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) in bones. LCH is a disease that can affect the skin, mouth, ears, ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 15, 2012 |
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Smoking sharply increases risk of certain cancers of the immune system and bone marrow
(Medical Xpress) -- Women who smoke increase their risk of developing certain cancers of the blood, immune system, and bone marrow new research shows today (Friday).
Cancer
Aug 10, 2012 |
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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 ...
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Jul 31, 2012 |
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Small breakthroughs offer big hope of AIDS 'cure'
Small but significant breakthrough studies on people who have been able to overcome or control HIV were presented Thursday at a major world conference on ways to stem the three-decade-old disease.
HIV & AIDS
Jul 26, 2012 |
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Bone marrow transplant eliminates signs of HIV infection
Two men with longstanding HIV infections no longer have detectable HIV in their blood cells following bone marrow transplants. The virus was easily detected in blood lymphocytes of both men prior to their transplants but ...
HIV & AIDS
Jul 26, 2012 |
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First child to receive stem cell trachea transplant doing well after two years
The follow-up of the procedure, carried out in 2010 at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), shows that the new organ has strengthened and does not appear to have induced any signs of rejection. The 13-year-old boy who received ...
Surgery
Jul 25, 2012 |
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Being cured of HIV is 'wonderful,' US man says
The only person believed to have been cured of HIV infection through a bone marrow transplant said Tuesday he feels wonderful and is launching a new foundation to boost research toward a cure. ...
HIV & AIDS
Jul 25, 2012 |
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AIDS cure may have two main pathways: experts (Update)
Investigators are looking into two main paths toward a cure for AIDS, based on the stunning stories of a small group of people around the world who have been able to overcome the disease.
HIV & AIDS
Jul 24, 2012 |
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Clinical trial seeks to cure advanced Crohn's disease using bone marrow transplant
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have opened a clinical trial to test the theory that giving a patient a new immune system can cure severe cases of Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory condition of ...
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Jul 23, 2012 |
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