A major challenge in human genetics is understanding which parts of the genome drive specific traits or contribute to disease risk. This challenge is even greater for genetic variants found in the 98% of the genome that does ...
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New research challenges the prevailing hypothesis for how donor stem cell grafts cause graft-versus-host disease, or GVHD, and offers an alternative model that could guide development of novel therapies.
Jan 30, 2023
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Patients with myelofibrosis had clinically significant improvement in disease-related symptoms, including anemia and spleen enlargement, when treated with the targeted therapy momelotinib, according to results from the international ...
Jan 29, 2023
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High doses of vitamin D alleviated symptoms for patients with toxic erythema of chemotherapy (TEC) significantly faster than current treatments, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA Dermatology.
Jan 18, 2023
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Like the New York City subway system, the DNA in our cells needs to operate around the clock—and it's in constant need of repair. In any given cell at any given time, molecular processes are underway to seal cracks in the ...
Nov 30, 2022
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New research has revealed that red blood cells function as critical immune sensors by binding cell-free DNA, called nucleic acid, present in the body's circulation during sepsis and COVID-19, and that this DNA-binding capability ...
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Acquired aplastic anemia (AA) is a rare blood disorder that causes the individual to have suppressed levels of hematopoietic stem progenitor cells, which ultimately mature into various types of blood cells. In many individuals ...
Sep 27, 2021
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Many cancer patients suffer from anemia leaving them fatigued, weak, and an impaired ability to perform physical activity. Drugs only rarely alleviate this type of anemia. Researchers at the University of Basel have now been ...
Sep 9, 2021
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In an article published in the journal Patterns, scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai described the creation of a new, automated, artificial intelligence-based algorithm that can learn to read patient ...
Sep 2, 2021
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A picture of a person's inner eyelid taken with a standard smartphone camera can be used to screen for anemia, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Selim Suner of Brown University ...
Jul 14, 2021
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