The ‘Signal Cell’ relaying microbiota signals discovered
Credit: POHANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (POSTECH) Microorganisms are considered as dirty organism that threaten our health, decay food ...
Tag: Hematology
Milestone reached in new leukemia drug
Credit: Vakoc lab/CSHL, 2019 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory scientists, with chemists and cancer biologists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), have ...
Leukaemia cells can transform into non-cancerous cells through epigenetic changes
Credit: Manel Esteller All the tissues of our body have the same DNA, but they perform very different functions and ...
New technique to identify a common cause to TMA diseases for which there is a treatment
Researchers develop a new technique to identify a cause that is common to diseases related to thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA) for ...
Dr. Yamamoto receives the Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award and Lectureship
Dr. Fumiichiro Yamamoto receives the prestigious Karl Landsteiner Memorial Award and Lectureship for his work on blood group genesCredit: Dr. ...
Discovered a new process of antitumor response of NK cells in myeloma
Credit: Beatriz Martín NK cells mean Natural Killer cells. They are part of the innate immune system. They are known ...
Published a clinical guide for the genomic diagnosis of Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Chronic Myelomonocytic leukaemia
Credit: Helena Díaz. Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute In Spain, a workgroup of more than 400 researchers, the Spanish Group ...
Cocktail proves toxic to leukemia cells
Rice University, MD Anderson research points toward better personalized therapyCredit: Kirienko Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 31, 2019) - A ...
Nerve cell protection free from side effects
Göttingen scientists are on the trail of an alternative erythropoietin receptorCredit: Ralf Heinrich The hormone erythropoietin (Epo) is a well-known ...
Lymphoma stage at diagnosis may predict when and where new cancer forms
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center With improved treatments, especially the use of anti-cancer immunotherapies, more than two-thirds of all ...
NIH researchers create new viral vector for improved gene therapy in sickle cell disease
'Forward-oriented' design might boost treatment effectiveness and broaden useCredit: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Researchers at the National Institutes ...
For the first time, UMD professor observes crystallized iron product, hemozoin, made in mammals
Findings could be used to treat sickle cell disease and malaria patients, while opening up diverse research avenues across immunology, ...
New blood test capable of detecting multiple types of cancer
In study, test proved able to detect and localize more than 20 types of cancer with a high degree of ...
A mouse or an elephant: what species fights infection more effectively?
Hamilton College researcher reveals body size shapes mammal immune defensesCredit: Cynthia J. Downs What species is better at fighting an ...
Exploring the risk of ALL in children with Down syndrome
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), is the most common childhood cancer. Children with trisomy 21 (Down ...
Better samples, better science: new study explores integrity of research specimens
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State university Effective diagnosis and treatment of disease draws on painstaking research, which often ...
Discovery of novel cancer signaling mechanism and design of new anticancer compound
Using a newly synthesized compound and advanced immunofluorescence techniques, scientists uncover novel signaling mechanism in cancer and also propose new ...
Australian immunology pioneer Jacques Miller wins Lasker Award
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Emeritus Professor Jacques Miller AC from Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute has ...
Megakaryocytes act as ‘bouncers’ restraining cell migration in the bone marrow
Credit: Rudolf Virchow Center / University of Wuerzburg Hematopoiesis is the process of forming blood cells, which occurs predominantly in ...
New study discovers genetic changes linked to leukaemia in children with down’s syndrome
Researchers at the University of Oxford, in collaboration with colleagues from Hannover Medical School and Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, have discovered the ...