Medical research
Drew Weissman, Nobel-winning mRNA pioneer
Drew Weissman's decades of research into mRNA technology paved the way for COVID-19 vaccines, finally earning a Nobel prize for the physician-scientist.
Oct 2, 2023
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Anemia
Genetics
Researchers bring gene editing to patients with deadly diseases
Tiny vials of recently repaired blood cells are thriving in a Stanford incubator, proof that a powerful new gene-editing technique is fixing errant genes that cause so much human suffering.
Jan 12, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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 ...
Oct 12, 2011
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Medications
Unlocking how the new Alzheimer's drug lecanemab works
Approved by the FDA earlier this year, the Alzheimer's therapy lecanemab is an antibody that reduces the buildup in the brain of a sticky peptide called amyloid-beta (Aβ), which is thought to be a main driver of the disease. ...
Sep 1, 2023
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Genetics
Mice engineered with rare kidney disease shed light on how cells repair broken DNA
Like jewels in a vault, our precious genetic material is stored in the nucleus of a cell—sequestered away from potentially damaging cellular components and toxins so that no harm can come to it. Yet over the course of a ...
Apr 12, 2016
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Pediatrics
Can delayed umbilical cord clamping reduce infant anemia at age 8, 12 months?
A delay of three minutes or more in umbilical cord clamping after birth reduced the prevalence of anemia in infants at 8 and 12 months of age in a randomized clinical trial in Nepal, according to a new study published online ...
Jan 17, 2017
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Medical research
Sickle cell disease needs more attention
The promise of new treatments for sickle cell disease, a group of inherited red blood cell disorders, has never been so great, but it will only be realized if there is constant investment in health policies such as programs ...
Jun 13, 2019
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Medical research
Boning up: Researchers find home of best stem cells for bone marrow transplants
McMaster University researchers have revealed the location of human blood stem cells that may improve bone marrow transplants. The best stem cells are at the ends of the bone.
Aug 1, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mapping anemia risk in preschool-age children in West Africa
In this week's PLoS Medicine, Ricardo Soares Magalhães and Archie Clements, from the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, describe how they used national cross-sectional household-based demographic health surveys ...
Jun 7, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study: Too few kids with sickle cell get stroke screen, care
Too few U.S. kids with sickle cell anemia get a needed screening for stroke, according to a study released Tuesday.
Sep 20, 2022
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