News tagged with cell anemia
Chemists unlock potential target for drug development
A receptor found on blood platelets whose importance as a potential pharmaceutical target has long been questioned may in fact be fruitful in drug testing, according to new research from Michigan State University ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Using math and light to detect misshapen red blood cells
Misshapen red blood cells (RBCs) are a sign of serious illnesses, such as malaria and sickle cell anemia. Until recently, the only way to assess whether a person's RBCs were the correct shape was to look at ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Exercise boosts health by influencing stem cells to become bone, not fat, researchers find
McMaster researchers have found one more reason to exercise: working out triggers influential stem cells to become bone instead of fat, improving overall health by boosting the body's capacity to make blood.
Sep 01, 2011 |
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Too many blood transfusions? New standards urged
(AP) -- Check into the hospital and you may get a blood transfusion you didn't really need.
Jun 27, 2011 |
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FDA recommends lower doses of anemia drugs
(AP) -- Food and Drug Administration officials say doctors should use lower doses of anemia drugs when treating patients with failing kidneys due to the increased risk of stroke, blood clots and death.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 24, 2011 |
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Acute anemia linked to silent strokes in children
Silent strokes, which have no immediate symptoms but could cause long-term cognitive and learning deficits, occur in a significant number of severely anemic children, especially those with sickle cell disease, according to ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 11, 2011 |
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Emerging drug class may enhance red blood cell production in anemic patients
By determining how corticosteroids act to promote red blood cell progenitor formation, Whitehead Institute researchers have identified a class of drugs that may be beneficial in anemias, including those resulting from trauma, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Two studies provide insight into stroke risk and prevention in young sickle cell anemia patients
Monthly blood transfusions combined with daily medication to remove the resulting excess iron remains the best approach for reducing the risk of recurrent strokes in young patients with sickle cell anemia, according to a ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 06, 2010 |
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Pioneering French oncologist Mathe dies at 88
(AP) -- Oncologist Georges Mathe, who in 1959 performed the world's first bone marrow transplant, has died, the French president's office said Monday. He was 88.
Oct 18, 2010 |
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FDA may limit anemia drug use for kidney disease
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is considering new restrictions on widely used anemia drugs that appear to double the risk of stroke in patients with kidney disease.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Taribavirin offers a safe, effective alternative for chronic hepatitis C
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and 50 other centers found that weight-based dosing of taribavirin reduces rates of anemia while increasing sustained virologic response (SVR) in patients with chronic hepatitis ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 22, 2010 |
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A mutation that frustrates DNA repair likely contributes to Fanconi anemia
(PhysOrg.com) -- After more than a century of technological refinements, zippers still get stuck. So do the molecular machines that routinely unzip the double helix of DNA in our cells after billions of years ...
Jul 21, 2010 |
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Researchers Identify New Steps in Spread of Malaria Parasite Through Bloodstream
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have observed two previously unknown steps in the spread of the malaria parasite through the bloodstream. And in laboratory cultures, the researchers interfered ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 10, 2010 |
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Do we clamp the umbilical cord too soon?
The timing of umbilical cord clamping at birth should be delayed just a few minutes longer, suggest researchers at the University of South Florida's Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 24, 2010 |
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Anemia tougher to tackle in black children with kidney disease
Black children with chronic kidney disease have more severe anemia than white children even when they receive the same treatment, according to a multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center to be published in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 27, 2010 |
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