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Study points to potential new therapeutic approach for leukemia
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is an aggressive cancer of white blood cells with few effective targeted therapies available to treat it. Researchers found that AML cells rely on a previously little-known protein called SCP4 for survival.
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Experimental gene therapy reverses sickle cell disease for years: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 1 (ANI): A single dose restored blood cells to their normal shape and eliminated the most serious complication of sickle cell disease for at least three years in some patients, suggests the findings of recent research.
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Study finds experimental gene therapy reverses sickle cell disease for yea
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 27 (ANI): According to a study, a single dose restored blood cells to their normal shape and eliminated the most serious complication of sickle cell disease for at least three years in some patients.
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New insights on inflammation promoting heart disease: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Boston [US], December 25 (ANI): A new study has found that bone marrow factors lead to increased production of white blood cells that drive inflammation in cardiovascular disease.
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Body uses fat to fight infection, finds study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Norwich [UK], December 11 (ANI): According to new research by the University of East Anglia and Quadram Institute, our immune cells use the body's fat stores to fight infection.
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Vascular damage in type 2 diabetes patients caused by lack of important mo
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], November 13 (ANI): Red blood cells' altered function leads to vascular damage in type 2 diabetes. This effect is caused by low levels of an important molecule in the red blood cells, as shown by the results of a new study in cells from patients with type 2 diabetes and mi
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Mysterious viral fever grips Pakistan's Karachi
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], November 13 (ANI): Cases of "mysterious viral fever" are being witnessed in Pakistan's Karachi that behaves exactly like dengue fever as it reduces platelets and white blood cells of the patients, local media reported citing field experts.
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Lack of important molecule in red blood cells causes vascular damage in ty
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], November 10 (ANI): Altered function of the red blood cells leads to vascular damage in type 2 diabetes. Results from a new study in cells from patients with type 2 diabetes and mice show that this effect is caused by low levels of an important molecule in the red blood ce
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Study shows stem-like T cells could aid immunotherapy in cancer treatment
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 3 (ANI): In a new study by Yale Cancer Center, researchers show stem-like T cells within certain lymph nodes could be natural cancer fighters. Targeting these T cells, which are a type of white blood cells, with immunotherapy drugs could increase the number of canc
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Red blood cell alterations contribute to lupus: Study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 13 (ANI): The autoimmune disease lupus may be triggered by a defective process in the development of red blood cells (RBCs), according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The discovery could lead to new methods for classifying and treating patient
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Electricity could help speed wound healing: Study
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): A new study drove by Ohio State University suggests that electric stimulation may be able to help blood vessels carry white blood cells and oxygen to wounds, speeding the healing process.
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Study hints long term impacts of higher red blood cell transfusions among
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Virginia [US], January 3 (ANI): A study published in 'The New England Journal of Medicine' compared thresholds for blood transfusions in premature babies to examine their severe and long-term impacts.
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