Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
For patients with sickle cell disease, fertility care is about reproductive justice
Teonna Woolford has always wanted six kids. Why six?
Dec 13, 2022
0
5
Page 7 - News tagged with bone marrow disease
Surgery
Avoiding hip replacement: How stem cells can treat avascular necrosis
A Yale Medicine orthopedic surgeon has developed an innovative procedure that uses a patient's own stem cells to treat a condition that can cause painful hip fractures.
Oct 10, 2022
0
20
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Project creates new educational materials for sickle cell disease community
New educational materials to help the sickle cell disease community learn about gene therapies for the disease are now available from researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National ...
Sep 28, 2022
0
9
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
High-tech lab aids testing for monkeypox, other diseases
Nigeria's Oligo synthesizer laboratory, the first in West Africa, could be a game changer in tackling emerging and re-emerging diseases in the region if harnessed to its full potential, laboratory scientists have said.
Sep 27, 2022
0
7
Medications
Researcher identifies effective combination immunotherapy for subgroup of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
A physician-scientist at City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, has identified a novel combination immunotherapy regimen that demonstrated significant response in ...
Sep 12, 2022
0
11
Oncology & Cancer
Study finds antibiotics may make melanoma worse, by depleting the gut microbiome
The use of broad-spectrum antibiotics in mice with malignant melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, accelerated their metastatic bone growth, likely because the drugs depleted the mice's intestinal flora and weakened ...
Sep 11, 2022
0
281
Oncology & Cancer
Cell therapy could improve bone marrow transplant safety
UCLA researchers report a step forward in the development of an "off-the-shelf" cell therapy that could reduce the severity of graft-versus-host disease in people receiving donor bone marrow transplants for the treatment ...
Sep 6, 2022
0
57
Oncology & Cancer
Diversity among bone marrow donors is needed
Bone marrow transplants are procedures that infuse healthy blood stem cells into your body to replace damaged or diseased bone marrow. Just like people in need of solid organ transplants, such as hearts or kidneys, people ...
Jul 18, 2022
0
15
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Deconstructing the mechanics of bone marrow disease
Fibrosis is the thickening of various tissues caused by the deposition of fibrillar extracellular matrix (ECM) in tissues and organs as part of the body's wound healing response to various forms of damage. When accompanied ...
Jul 11, 2022
0
46
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New blood biomarker identified for status of fatty liver disease
A MedUni Vienna study team has identified the role of a specific subtype of macrophages (white blood cells) in progressive non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. As part of the immune system, these cells have a protective function ...
Jun 21, 2022
0
45
