An unexpected finding by an international team of scientists based at The University of Manchester and National Institutes of Health in America has shed new light on how immune cells are programmed to either repair or protect ...
Jun 9, 2015
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Aging is associated with chronic, nonresolving inflammation, or "inflammaging," that can lead to tissue dysfunction. New findings reported in The American Journal of Pathology reveal insights into the cellular programs and ...
Dec 6, 2023
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Scientists have successfully targeted a malfunctioning immune system enzyme to kill diseased cells from patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)—a blood disorder and precursor to leukemia.
Jul 8, 2013
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Joseph Pidala, M.D., M.S., assistant member of the Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant and Immunology programs at Moffitt Cancer Center, and colleagues from the Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Consortium have determined that ...
Jun 17, 2013
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In the latest in a series of experiments testing the use of stem cells to treat neurological disease, researchers at Henry Ford Hospital have shown for the first time that microscopic material in the cells offers a "robust" ...
Aug 26, 2013
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Barbara Nabulo was one of three girls in her family. But when a sister died, her mother wailed at the funeral that she was left with just one and a half daughters.
May 12, 2024
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(HealthDay)—Jakafi (ruxolitinib) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat polycythemia vera, a chronic disease of the bone marrow.
Dec 4, 2014
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Early treatment response is a powerful predictor of long-term outcome for young patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The information can help physicians decide whether a more intensive approach is needed. Research ...
Sep 10, 2012
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Hospitals can dramatically reduce the number of life-threatening central line infections in pediatric cancer patients by following a set of basic precautions, by encouraging families to speak up when they observe noncompliance ...
Sep 3, 2012
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Their stories are divided into before and after. First, those long years of pain which flooded every moment—school, relationships, work.
Mar 18, 2024
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