New genes associated with breast cancer risk
Only a small percentage of breast cancer cases can be linked to heredity, and many of the genes with ties to the disease are unknown.
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Only a small percentage of breast cancer cases can be linked to heredity, and many of the genes with ties to the disease are unknown.
Jun 26, 2018
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Red blood cells are on a wild ride. As they race through the body to deliver oxygen, they must maintain a distinct dimpled shape—and bounce back into form even after squishing through narrow capillaries. Red blood cells ...
Apr 4, 2018
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One of the greatest health threats to children with sickle cell anemia is getting a dangerous bacterial infection—but most are not receiving a key medication to reduce the risk, a new study suggests.
Feb 13, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) have low rates of receiving ≥300 days of antibiotic prophylaxis, according to a study published online Feb. 5 in Pediatrics.
Feb 6, 2018
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For more than a year, NeDina Brocks-Capla avoided one room in her large, brightly colored San Francisco house - the bathroom on the second floor.
Nov 13, 2017
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have shown that using the drug hydroxyurea to boost average fetal hemoglobin levels above 20 percent in children and teenagers with sickle cell anemia was associated with ...
Nov 9, 2017
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The drug hydroxyurea does not appear to increase the risk of malaria infection in patients with sickle cell anemia who live in malaria-endemic regions, according to a study published online today in Blood, a Journal of the ...
Oct 19, 2017
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Researchers in Germany have demonstrated that hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplants can be improved by treatments that temporarily prevent the stem cells from dying. The approach, which is described in a paper to be published ...
Sep 7, 2017
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UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland will pioneer stem cell transplants for a uniquely challenging patient population: second-trimester fetuses stricken with a potentially fatal disease.
Aug 31, 2017
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A Mississippi State University researcher is developing new miniature models to better understand the factors that lead to heart disease and sickle cell anemia.
Jun 27, 2017
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