News tagged with red blood cell
FDA approves first drug for bone marrow disorder
The first drug to treat a rare disorder that causes red blood cells to build up inside bone marrow was cleared Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration
Medications
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Blood type may affect stroke risk, study finds
Your blood type might affect your risk for stroke. People with AB and women with B were a little more likely to suffer one than people with O blood - the most common type, a study found.
Health
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Hormone that controls iron levels may be target for atherosclerosis treatment
Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have identified hepcidin, a hormone that regulates iron levels in the body, as a potential target for treating atherosclerosis.
Cardiology
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Engineered, drug-secreting blood vessels reverse anemia in mice
Patients who rely on recombinant, protein-based drugs must often endure frequent injections, often several times a week, or intravenous therapy. Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston demonstrate the possibility that blood ...
Medical research
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Tales from the crypt: Study on gut cell regeneration reconciles long-standing research controversy
The cells that help to absorb food and liquid that humans consume are constantly being produced. The various cell types that do this come from stem cells that reside deep in the inner recesses of the accordion-like ...
Medical research
Nov 11, 2011 |
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Malaria parasite requires a single receptor to invade human red blood cells
Researchers have today revealed a key discovery in understanding how the most deadly species of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, invades human red blood cells. Using a technique developed at the Wellcome Trust Sanger ...
Medical research
Nov 09, 2011 |
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New artemisinin-based treatment against malaria promising
For some time now, artemisinin, derived from a Chinese herb, has been the most powerful treatment available against malaria. To avoid the malaria parasite becoming resistant, the World Health Organisation (WHO) strongly recommends ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Researchers reveal potential treatment for sickle cell disease
A University of Michigan Health System laboratory study reveals a key trigger for producing normal red blood cells that could lead to a new treatment for those with sickle cell disease.
Medical research
Nov 02, 2011 |
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First clinical trial of red wine ingredient shows metabolic shifts
When obese men take a relatively small dose of resveratrol in purified form every day for a month, their metabolisms change for the better. In fact, the effects appear to be as good for us as severe calorie restriction. Resveratrol ...
Medical research
Nov 01, 2011 |
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Dormant malaria parsites in red blood cells may contribute to treatment failure
Researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) College of Public College Health have shown for the first time in a rodent model that the earliest form of malaria parasites can lay dormant in red blood cells and "wake ...
Medical research
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Transfusion not always best treatment for anemia, age of stored blood may play a role
University of Kentucky researchers, including lead author Samy Selim of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and the Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, have recently published a paper suggesting that transfusion may ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Researchers discover new enzyme function for anemia
Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital have discovered a new function for an enzyme that may protect against organ injury and death from anemia.
Medical research
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Scientists uncover gene associated with blood cancers
A genomic study of chronic blood cancer - a precursor to leukaemia - has discovered gene mutations that could enable diagnosis using only a blood test, avoiding the need for an invasive and painful bone marrow biopsy.
Cancer
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Enzymes possible targets for new anti-malaria drugs
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Monash University, and Virginia Tech have used a set of novel inhibitors to analyze how the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, uses enzymes ...
Medical research
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Link between racial discrimination and stress described in new study
The consequences of psychological stress, resulting from racial discrimination, may contribute to racial health disparities in conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and other age-associated diseases. This is ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 14, 2011 |
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