Specific criteria needed for different types of myeloma
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 8, 2019) - When our plasma cells start producing a ...
Tag: Hematology
Mount Sinai researchers develop treatment that turns tumors into cancer vaccine factories
(New York, NY - April 8, 2019) -- Researchers at Mount Sinai have developed a novel approach to cancer immunotherapy, ...
Immune cells fighting blood cancer visualized for the first time
When cancer escapes the immune system, our defenses are rendered powerless and are unable to fight against the disease. Chimeric ...
Older adults with blood cancers: How they fare
Although the majority of patients who have blood cancers are older adults, they make up only a small percentage of ...
Mutation stands in the way of healthy blood cell maturation
In the veins, stem cells constantly mature and develop into different blood cells that are necessary for the body to ...
The decline of state-level IVC filter utilization
Medicare and private insurance analysis After a period of prior growth, national inferior vena cava (IVC) filter utilization in the ...
2019 Harrington Prize awarded to Dr. Carl June, University of Pennsylvania
Harrington Discovery Institute and the American Society for Clinical Investigation honor Dr. June for his contributions to the field of ...
Evidence for link between ‘leaky gut’ and autoantibody production in HIV-positive patients
Investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina report in Microbiome that autoantibody production in HIV-positive patients who have undergone ...
Researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s optimize gene editing for SCD and beta thalassemia
New strategy for editing blood stem cells is more efficient and targetedCredit: Daniel Bauer/Boston Children's Hospital Researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's ...
Southern Europeans, non-Europeans less likely to have matched stem cell donors
Alternative donor transplants are needed for these patients (WASHINGTON, March 27, 2019) -- Although the pool of registered bone marrow ...
Squishing blood stem cells could facilitate harvest for transplants
Knockout of Ptpn21 alters deformabilityCredit: From Ni et al Cell Stem Cell (2019) Scientists at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory ...
How ‘sleeper cell’ cancer stem cells are maintained in chronic myelogenous leukemia
This knowledge offers a strategy to target and eliminate these persistent leukemic stem cellsCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Most patients ...
Study gives new perspective on production of blood cells and immune cells
Researchers tracked and quantified the production of different kinds of blood cells and immune cells to understand how the body ...
City of Hope scientists showcase new findings at the 2019 AACR meeting
Researchers will discuss data and ongoing studies involving CAR T cell therapy, advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer, use of natural ...
Epigenetic protein could be new therapeutic target in acute myeloid leukemia
Credit: Basheer et al., 2019 British researchers have discovered that an epigenetic protein called EZH2 delays the development of acute ...
Researchers predict 1.4 million deaths from all cancers in 2019 in the EU
Overall death rates from breast cancer fall in the EU, but rise in Poland Death rates from breast cancer are ...
Patients, family and donors invited to special bone marrow transplant event in Frankfurt, Germany
The 45th EBMT Annual Meeting will be held from March 24-27 in Frankfurt The 45th Annual Meeting of the European ...
Found: the missing ingredient to grow blood vessels
Discovery important for conditions ranging from diabetes to strokeCredit: Josh Barney | University of Virginia Health System Researchers at the ...
How the heart sends an SOS signal to bone marrow cells after a heart attack
In the SOS response, the bone marrow releases reparative progenitor cells to try to heal the heart.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ...
Hematopoietic stem cells: Making blood thicker than water
Researchers at Osaka University reveal how a regulatory molecule ensures an appropriate supply of blood cells while avoiding the excessive ...
