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Pfizer to pay $2.26B for cancer treatment developer Trillium
Pfizer is spending more than $2 billion in cash to buy a drugmaker focused on cancer treatments.
Aug 23, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Genomic markers of aggressive childhood leukemias identified
New research published today in JAMA Oncology reports how two separate DNA changes appear to predict aggressive childhood leukemias when they occur in combination. Over the course of a decade of work in several study sites ...
Aug 20, 2021
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Medical research
New blood: Lab-grown stem cells bode well for transplants, aging research
Hematopoietic stem cells—the precursors to blood cells—have been notoriously difficult to grow in a dish, a critical tool in basic research. Scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have identified ...
Aug 12, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Non-invasive imaging could help match leukaemia patients with treatments
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified visual changes in the bone marrow caused by acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The imaging technique used is now being tested in hospital to see if it could help predict ...
Aug 3, 2021
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Medical research
High blood sugar levels 'reprogram' stem cells
High levels of glucose in the blood "reprogrames" stem cells, leading to a lasting increase in the risk of developing dangerous atherosclerosis, according to research funded by the British Heart Foundation published today ...
Jul 14, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Sensing 'junk' RNA after chemotherapy enhances blood regeneration
Chemotherapy is widely used to treat cancer patients. During the treatment, chemotherapeutic agents affect various biochemical processes to kill or reduce the growth of cancer cells, which divide uncontrollably in patients. ...
Jul 12, 2021
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Surgery
Mayo Clinic: Why bone marrow donor diversity 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 12, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Blood stem cells make brain tumors more aggressive
For the first time, scientists from the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site in Essen/Düsseldorf have discovered stem cells of the hematopoietic system in glioblastomas, the most aggressive form of brain tumor. These ...
Jun 28, 2021
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
How a bone marrow fat hormone controls metabolism and bone cell development
An enzyme found in fat tissue in the center of our bones helps control the production of new bone and fat cells, shows a study in mice published today in eLife.
Jun 22, 2021
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Immunology
Improving bone marrow transplants in mice to help fight disease
To study the immune system in human health and disease, scientists commonly use the genetic manipulation of mouse hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) as a powerful model system. These studies have been extremely ...
Jun 11, 2021
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