Medical research
Cells that make our insides slick also calm our spleens
It's called icing sugar spleen, when the usually purplish organ looks like it has been dipped in unhealthy white icing, and the surface is bumpy and thick.
Jun 2, 2020
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How to create useful knowledge from pure data
Imagine a hospital where patient data from numerous sources is made accessible to ward physicians with the help of hyperlinks and intelligent indexing. Imagine a healthcare system that hands its patients – not an envelope ...
Apr 15, 2013
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Medications
EU approves Novartis-Incyte blood cancer drug
Novartis AG and Incyte Corp. said Tuesday that European Union regulators approved their blood cancer drug Jakavi.
Sep 4, 2012
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Medications
FDA approves new drug for rare genetic disease
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new capsule-based drug to treat Gaucher's disease.
Aug 19, 2014
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Genetics
Researchers discover first gene linked to missing spleen in newborns
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and Rockefeller University have identified the first gene to be linked to a rare condition in which babies are born without a spleen, putting those children at risk of dying from ...
May 3, 2012
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Immunology
How the immune system positions its gatekeepers
(Medical Xpress)—For an immune response to get underway, an invading microbe must first be halted in the spleen, and then digested by immune cells known as 'dendritic cells', which guard specific portals. Australian scientists ...
Mar 19, 2013
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Pregnant sheep considered in pre-term birth study
Scientists are a step closer to understanding how bacterial infections in pregnant women lead to pre-term births—the main cause of neonatal death and disease in Australia.
Nov 7, 2014
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Immunology
Tracking plasma cell survival in the bone marrow and spleen
Just as a fire department mobilizes in response to a reported fire, specialized immune cells in the body mobilize in response to the introduction of foreign substances known as antigens. Plasma cells are an important type ...
Dec 15, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New Otago collaboration brings oral TB vaccine for humans closer
Researchers in New Zealand are inching closer to the development of the first effective oral vaccine to protect against tuberculosis - a disease which still kills more people worldwide than any other bacterial disease.
Sep 26, 2012
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Overweight & Obesity
Short-term antidepressant use, stress, high-fat diet linked to long-term weight gain
Short-term use of antidepressants, combined with stress and a high-fat diet, is associated with long-term increases in body weight, a new animal study finds. The results were presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's 95th ...
Jun 17, 2013
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