Researchers at Pompeu Fabra University have shown for the first time that blood vessels communicate with neurons in the peripheral nervous system, regulating their proliferation and differentiation. The study is published ...
Jul 16, 2020
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Researchers at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh found that infusing umbilical cord blood—a readily available source of stem cells—safely and effectively treated 44 children born with various non-cancerous genetic ...
Jul 14, 2020
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New research has demonstrated that kidneys can be revived prior to transplantation by delivering a cell therapy directly to the organ.
Jul 14, 2020
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Preeclampsia is a devastating disorder that occurs very suddenly in the second half of pregnancy and causes severe health problems for both mother and baby. Preeclampsia also increases the risk of developing life-long chronic ...
Jul 3, 2020
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Hematopoiesis can be affected by biological stresses, such as infection, inflammation and certain medications. In a new study, researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identified a novel cell surface marker ...
Jul 1, 2020
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Researchers from Lund Stem Cell Center have identified a novel target for the expansion of human blood stem cells ex vivo and shed light on the mechanism of action of a stem cell promoting molecule, currently in phase II ...
Jun 25, 2020
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A new test developed at CHU Sainte-Justine in Montreal will enable better management of patients with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). The results of this work was presented Tuesday in the medical journal Blood Advances ...
Jun 17, 2020
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Using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and deleting a key gene, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have created natural killer cells—a type of immune cell—with measurably stronger ...
Jun 11, 2020
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A research group from Kumamoto University, Japan, analyzed the pathophysiology of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a blood cancer that presents often in the elderly, and found the presence of the transcription factor RUNX3, ...
Jun 9, 2020
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When a cancer patient needs a bone marrow transplant, there are four common donor sources: A matched related donor (sibling), a matched unrelated donor (from a donor database), a half-matched donor, or umbilical cord blood. ...
Jun 5, 2020
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