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Signaling molecule may help stem cells focus on making bone despite age, disease

A signaling molecule that helps stem cells survive in the naturally low-oxygen environment inside the bone marrow may hold clues to helping the cells survive when the going gets worse with age and disease, ...

Medical research created Mar 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

While you're on your computer, why not strengthen your marriage?

(Medical Xpress)—If you communicate with friends online, pay bills online, listen to music online and post photos online, why not strengthen your marriage or relationship online too?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Donor smoking and recipient obesity tied to higher rates of death and lung injury after lung transplantation

(Medical Xpress)—A multi-institution study led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has identified several important risk factors, including a donor's smoking history and recipient ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Novel treatment for bone marrow cancer

Multiple myeloma is a form of cancer in which the plasma cells in the bone marrow grow out of control, causing damage to bones as well as predisposing patients to anaemia, infection and kidney failure. A ...

Cancer created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research shows anti-wrinkle cream chemical works

(Medical Xpress)—University of Reading researchers have found that a chemical used in some anti-wrinkle creams can nearly double the amount of the protein collagen needed to give skin its elasticity.

Medications created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Study shows increase in liver transplantation for hepatoblastoma

Liver transplantation for hepatoblastoma, the most common liver malignancy in children, is on the rise because more tumors are being detected earlier, improving outcomes for these sick patients, according to a Children's ...

Surgery created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ocular complications common after pediatric HSCT

(HealthDay)—For pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), complications are common, but are generally mild and self-limiting, according to a study published online Feb. ...

Ophthalmology created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A better bone marrow transplant: Preventing graft-versus-host disease

Bone marrow transplant is a key treatment for patients with leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma and other blood disorders.

Medical research created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Antibody response linked with rejection in pediatric kidney transplant recipients

A transplanted kidney has a finite life expectancy because it often becomes the target of the recipient's immune system, which may mount antibodies that attack the organ. Because there is a critical need to extend the life ...

Other created Feb 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Infusion of stem cells and specially generated T-cells from same donor improves leukemia survival

In a significant advance for harnessing the immune system to treat leukemias, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for the first time have successfully infused large numbers of donor T-cells specific for ...

Cancer created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Good bacteria may expunge vancomycin-resistant bacteria from your gut

Too much antibiotic can decimate the normal intestinal microbiota, which may never recover its former diversity. That, in turn, renders the GI tract vulnerable to being colonized by pathogens. Now researchers from Memorial ...

Immunology created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Promising breakthrough for transplant patients

A team led by Dr. Marie-Josée Hébert from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) has discovered a new cause of organ rejection in some kidney transplant patients. Her team has identified a new class ...

Surgery created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Vt. lye victim gets new face at Boston hospital (Update)

A Vermont nurse disfigured in a 2007 lye attack has received a new face at a Boston hospital.

Surgery created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Small molecules in the blood might gauge radiation effects after exposure

Ohio State University cancer researchers have identified molecules in the bloodstream that might accurately gauge the likelihood of radiation illness after exposure to ionizing radiation.

Cancer created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Team first to grow liver stem cells in culture, demonstrate therapeutic benefit

For decades scientists around the world have attempted to regenerate primary liver cells known as hepatocytes because of their numerous biomedical applications, including hepatitis research, drug metabolism and toxicity studies, ...

Medical research created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast