Medical research
New drug triggers tissue regeneration: Faster regrowth and healing of damaged tissues
The concept sounds like the stuff of science fiction: take a pill, and suddenly new tissues grow to replace damaged ones.
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
First live birth after transplantation of ovarian tissue frozen during childhood
A young woman has become the first in the world to give birth to a healthy child after doctors restored her fertility by transplanting ovarian tissue that had been removed and frozen while she was a child.
Jun 9, 2015
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Medical research
Researchers identify patients at risk for stem cell transplant complications
Researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center's Bone Marrow Transplant Program have recently published findings from a phase 2 clinical trial that demonstrate lymphocyte recovery in related and unrelated stem cell transplant recipients ...
Jun 8, 2015
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Medical research
Rabbit virus improves bone marrow transplants, kills some cancer cells
University of Florida Health researchers have discovered that a rabbit virus can deliver a one-two punch, killing some kinds of cancer cells while eliminating a common and dangerous complication of bone marrow transplants.
Jun 5, 2015
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Neuroscience
New studies contradict earlier findings on Rett syndrome
Independent reproduction of other scientists' results is a cornerstone of solid research, but scientists are rarely recognized for successfully reproducing published findings, much less for demonstrating that scientific findings ...
May 20, 2015
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Medical research
New technology may reduce deadly complication of bone marrow transplants
Researchers have designed a way to mitigate graft-versus-host disease, a common and often life-threatening complication of bone marrow transplants that are used to treat leukemia and other blood cancers.
May 12, 2015
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Immunology
New research implicates immune system in Rett syndrome
New research by investigators at the University of Massachusetts Medical School suggests the immune system plays an unsuspected and surprising role in the progression of Rett syndrome, a severe neurological disorder affecting ...
May 11, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
New T cell–based immunotherapy shows promise for lethal stem cell transplant complication
More than 60 percent of patients with Epstein-Barr virus–associated lymphoproliferative disorder (EBV-LPD) that was not responding to standard rituximab (Rituxan) treatment responded to a new type of immunotherapy called ...
Apr 20, 2015
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Genetics
Team finds new gene involved in blood-forming stem cells
Research led by the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute has identified a gene critical to controlling the body's ability to create blood cells and immune cells from blood-forming stem cells—known as hematopoietic ...
Apr 13, 2015
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Medical research
Clinical trial uses patients' own cells for personalized treatment after bone marrow transplant
An innovative clinical trial using the science of "personalized" cellular therapy has begun enrolling children and adults suffering from graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD), a life-threatening complication of bone marrow transplantation ...
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