Medical research
Not just a stem cell marker
The protein CD34 is predominantly regarded as a marker of blood-forming stem cells but it helps with migration to the bone marrow too.
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Oncology & Cancer
Stem cell transplant for severe scleroderma improves survival, quality of life
New clinical trial findings show that a therapeutic regimen involving transplantation of a person's own blood-forming stem cells can improve survival and quality of life for people with severe scleroderma, a life-threatening ...
Jan 3, 2018
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HIV & AIDS
Could gene therapy someday eliminate HIV?
(HealthDay)—Gene therapy may have the potential to eradicate HIV in people infected with the virus, new animal research suggests.
Jan 3, 2018
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Genetics
Gene therapy using CAR T-cells could provide long-term protection against HIV
Through gene therapy, researchers engineered blood-forming stem cells (hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, or HSPCs) to carry chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) genes to make cells that can detect and destroy HIV-infected cells. ...
Dec 28, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Gut microbiome may make chemo drug toxic to patients
Albert Einstein College of Medicine researchers report that the composition of people's gut bacteria may explain why some of them suffer life-threatening reactions after taking a key drug for treating metastatic colorectal ...
Nov 1, 2017
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Medical research
Your bones affect your appetite—and your metabolism
Your skeleton is much more than the structure supporting your muscles and other tissues. It produces hormones, too. And Mathieu Ferron knows a lot about it. The researcher at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) ...
Nov 1, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Adding drug to standard care may prolong lymphoma survival
(HealthDay)—Long-term treatment with the drug rituximab (Rituxan) may extend the lives of some patients with a rare form of blood cancer, a new clinical trial finds.
Sep 28, 2017
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Medical research
The unexpected role of a well-known gene in creating blood
One of the first organ systems to form and function in the embryo is the cardiovascular system: in fact, this developmental process starts so early that scientists still have many unresolved questions on the origin of the ...
Aug 16, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Timing of mutation determines the outcome
A single genetic mutation can lead to completely different diseases, depending on the time and location at which the mutation occurs. This finding emerged from the PhD study conducted by Rocio Acuña-Hidalgo of Radboudumc. ...
Jun 30, 2017
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Medical research
Team creates self-renewing hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered an innovative method to make an unlimited supply of healthy blood cells from the readily available cells that line blood vessels. This achievement marks the first time ...
May 17, 2017
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