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Scientists test 'smart' red blood cells to deliver antibiotics that target
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The platform, described in a new paper in the journal ACS Infectious Diseases, could help to address the ongoing antibiotic resistance crisis, say the scientists. They modified and then tested red blood cells as a carrier for one of the world's only remaining resistance-proof antibiotics: Po
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Study sheds light on new clues into a serious neurodegenerative disease
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Dementia encompasses a range of neurodegenerative conditions that lead to memory loss and cognitive deficiencies and affect some 55 million people worldwide. Yet despite its prevalence, there are few effective treatments, in part because scientists still don't understand how exactly dementia
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Study sheds light on blood cells' precancerous 'clonal expansion'
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 22 (ANI): According to a study co-led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian, the New York Genome Center, Harvard Medical School, and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a typical, spontaneous mutation in blood stem cells, which has been linked to h
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Discovery of blood stem cells that could change medicine of the future: St
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Biomedical engineers and medical researchers at UNSW Sydney have independently made discoveries about embryonic blood stem cell creation that could one day eliminate the need for blood stem cell donors.
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Intestinal immune cells use sugar as energy source, finds research
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], August 20 (ANI): A recent study found that white blood cells that reside in the intestines, known as tissue-resident lymphocytes, use sugar as an energy source and have a faster metabolism than lymphocytes that circulate in the blood.
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Study finds intestinal immune cells have sweet tooth
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], August 16 (ANI): White blood cells that reside in the intestines, a particular class of immune cells known as tissue-resident lymphocytes, use sugar as an energy source and have a faster metabolism than lymphocytes that circulate in the blood, according to a recent study.
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Thalassemia Children require comprehensive treatment approach says Dr Suni
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 7 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Owing to the lack of awareness and access to quality care, Thalassemia is fast becoming a major health concern stated Dr Sunil Bhat, Director and Clinical Lead, Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Blood and Marrow Transplantation,
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Music therapy improves pain coping ability for patients with sickle cell d
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Cleveland (Ohio) [US], February 17 (ANI): Sickle cell anemia is an inherited red blood cell disorder, in which there aren't enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout your body. A new study from University Hospitals (UH) Connor Whole Health found that patients with Sickle Cell
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Mechanical blood clot removal showed positive results in half of stroke pa
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Orleans (Louisiana) [US], February 14 (ANI): A blood clot is a mass of blood that forms when platelets, proteins, and cells in the blood stick together. According to an international study, mechanical removal of blood clots reduced post-stroke disability in nearly half of "all-comer" rea
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Studies explore Omega-3 Index benefits for immunity and cell membrane inte
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Sioux Falls (South Dakota) [US], February 4 (ANI): Two pivotal studies featuring the Omega-3 Index have shed light on how they impact the body. The first discussed how the Omega-3 Index relates to red blood cell (RBC) distribution width (a measure of cellular integrity) and the second explor
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Researchers find key regulator of blood stem cell development
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 30 (ANI): A new study has found a protein that masterminds the way DNA is wrapped within chromosomes has a major role in the healthy functioning of blood stem cells, which produce all blood cells in the body.
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New study reveals being in space destroys more red blood cells
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], January 17 (ANI): A world-first study has revealed how space travel can cause lower red blood cell counts, known as space anemia.
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