News tagged with cell anemia

Chemical energy influences tiny vibrations of red blood cell membranes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Much like a tightly wound drum, red blood cells are in perpetual vibration. Those vibrations help the cells maintain their characteristic flattened oval or disc shape, which is critical to ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0

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

created May 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Simulated gene therapy

In a recent issue of The Journal of Chemical Physics, published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), a group of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Los Alamos National Laboratory describe the fi ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Cellular discovery may lead to targeted treatment for rare form of anemia

University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have identified the specific biological mechanisms believed to lead to a rare and incurable blood disease known as Diamond Blackfan anemia (DBA). Scientists say with further investigation, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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 ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Enzyme deficiency protects hepatitis C patients from treatment-related anemia

Many people who undergo treatment for hepatitis C develop hemolytic anemia, a disorder that destroys red blood cells. In some cases, it is so severe they have to reduce their medication or stop therapy altogether. But now, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 21, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast