Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified an important new function of genes in the Fanconi anemia pathway—a finding that could have implications for development of new therapies to treat this disorder ...
May 3, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Testosterone undecanoate reduces anemia in patients with subnormal testosterone levels, according to a study published in the April issue of The Journal of Urology.
Apr 18, 2016
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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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(HealthDay)—Venclexta (venetoclax) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) characterized by a specific chromosomal abnormality called the 17p deletion.
Apr 11, 2016
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A study from Emory University School of Medicine published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has found that severe anemia, but not red blood cell transfusions (RBC), is associated with an increased ...
Mar 1, 2016
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(HealthDay)—New mutations have been identified with next-generation sequencing (NGS) in refractory anemia with ring sideroblasts and thrombocytosis (RARS-T), which are prognostic for survival, according to a study published ...
Feb 22, 2016
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Millions of Indian children are getting deworming treatment in a massive national campaign to prevent parasitic worms from infecting them and impairing their mental and physical development.
Feb 10, 2016
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Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report that humans have a surprisingly high number of genes in which one of two copies has been randomly silenced. They suggest that the phenomenon is ...
Feb 4, 2016
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The federal government is funding a monumental project to map 200,000 human genomes in an effort to understand the genetic causes of common diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, epilepsy and autism.
Jan 18, 2016
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Researchers have identified a molecular target and experimental treatment strategy for DNA repair defects behind Fanconi anemia - a complex genetic disorder responsible for birth anomalies, organ damage, anemia and cancer.
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