While scientists have made unprecedented progress in preventing COVID-19 in the past two years, they have also moved closer to finding a vaccine to protect against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which has been infecting ...
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Science could be well on its way to a cure for type 1 diabetes, as researchers hone transplant therapies designed to restore patients' ability to produce their own insulin, experts say.
Feb 25, 2022
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Some genetic mutations linked to leukemia are less than useful guides to making treatment decisions for patients. A new study from the University of Wisconsin–Madison suggests a group of clinical signs that can be paired ...
Feb 22, 2022
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More than 50,000 bone marrow-derived stem cell transplants are performed worldwide each year to treat a wide range of conditions, including brain diseases. Before the cells are transplanted, the patients are given chemotherapy ...
Feb 21, 2022
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A team of researchers at the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center announced that a woman they have been treating for both HIV and leukemia has apparently been cured of HIV—14 months after discontinuing antivirals, ...
A woman with HIV who received a cord blood stem cell transplant to treat acute myeloid leukemia has had no detectable levels of HIV for 14 months despite cessation of antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to a presentation ...
Feb 15, 2022
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Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is becoming increasingly widespread. Until now, however, the underlying causes of the inflammation responses were unclear. Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have ...
Feb 2, 2022
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A stem cell transplant can form an important part of treatment for some children with leukemia. Preventing the immune system from rejecting the new stem cells is key to the success of this treatment. To that end, children ...
Feb 1, 2022
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Q: When should my kids get their COVID-19 booster?
Jan 24, 2022
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Removing one type of T cell from donor blood used for stem cell grafts could greatly reduce a serious complication called graft-versus-host disease in patients with leukemia, according to a new study.
Jan 10, 2022
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