Arthritis & Rheumatism
What is avascular necrosis and how does it affect bones?
What happens when the blood supply to your bones is somehow damaged?
May 31, 2023
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News tagged with bone disease
HIV & AIDS
Monkey model offers clues for potential widespread HIV cure in people
New animal research is helping explain why at least five people have become HIV-free after receiving a stem cell transplant. The study's insights may bring scientists closer to developing what they hope will become a widespread ...
May 25, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
National study recommends starting SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination three months after bone marrow transplant
Patients with cancer whose immune systems are being supported or rebuilt by bone marrow transplantation should begin receiving vaccines for protection against SARS-CoV-2 three months post-transplant, according to a large, ...
May 16, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers find link between obesity and blood cancer
Indiana University School of Medicine researchers studying clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP), a blood condition that may increase the risk of blood cancer, discovered that obesity was strongly associated ...
May 16, 2023
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
How intravenous immunoglobulin antibodies resolve joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis
Immunoglobulin G antibodies (IgB) play an important role as drivers of inflammation in infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases. However, if the same immunoglobulin antibodies from the blood plasma of healthy donors are ...
May 10, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study highlights racial disparities in ovarian cancer risk for women
A new Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center study in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology investigated how endometriosis, uterine leiomyomas (also known as fibroids) and a common intervention for these conditions—hysterectomy—changed ...
May 4, 2023
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Genetics
Erasing or replacing errors in a patient's genetic code can treat and cure some genetic diseases
Genetic diseases can have devastating consequences for the people who inherit them. In recent years, scientists have found that there are human genetic diseases that might be treatable, and perhaps even curable, through gene ...
Apr 19, 2023
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Medications
Therapy for rare bone disorder shows promise in clinical trial
A clinical trial at the National Institutes of Health found that a medication, denosumab, significantly reduced abnormal bone turnover in adults with fibrous dysplasia, a rare disease marked by weak and misshapen bones. Bone ...
Apr 5, 2023
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Medical research
Iron regulation offers new treatment hope for incurable blood cancer
A landmark discovery linking iron regulation to a rare blood cancer has led to clinical trials of a potential new treatment for patients with the incurable disease.
Apr 4, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers develop new method to make bone marrow transplants safer and more effective
A groundbreaking process developed by researchers based in the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health Building is offering new hope in the fight against blood cancers, such as lymphoma and leukemia.
Mar 29, 2023
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