Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder that causes lifelong suffering—here's what you need to know
Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy traveling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen ...
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Bone marrow transplant facility gives kids shot at a normal life in India’s thalassemia band
An estimated 12,000 children are born with thalassemia major, a severe form of the disease, in India each year, accounting ...
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Sickle Cell Disease: Key Facts and Lifelong Impact
Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy travelling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen to all the different ...
CRISPR: From Discovery To Clinic—And Charting A Path Forward
No doubt 2025 will usher in many more advances in CRISPR therapies, thanks to the FDA’s new Platform Technology Designation ...
Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain
In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her fiery symptoms—worms burrowing into her brain. By this point, she was alert ...
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‘Big challenge to find stem cell donors in India’: Patrick Paul, India CEO of DKMS
Stem cell transplants play a vital role in treating people affected by blood cancers and disorders such as thalassemia.
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Study uncovers how MAGE-4 and Pten loss promote aggressive tumor growth
A study published in Science Advances reveals a novel strategy that allows tumors to evade the body's immune response critical for their elimination.
New immune-probing technique could boost treatment discovery
A team from Osaka University has developed scSPOT, a new technique that reveals how immune cells called Tregs simultaneously ...
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Understanding Dog Blood Test Results
Blood tests are routinely used by veterinarians to monitor a dog’s health or help diagnose medical conditions. But often the ...
Agios Pharmaceuticals: Liver Toxicity Issues May Threaten Thalassemia Approval (Rating Downgrade)
Despite promising Phase 3 results, safety concerns, namely liver injury, have impacted Agios stock and could affect Pyrukund's approval and market adoption. Read the full report here.
MSU football and NMDP hold “Get in the Game” drive to save lives from blood disease
Every four minutes, someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with blood cancer, and thousands of patients with blood cancers like ...
'I'm a nutritionist - cold hands can be a sign of deficiency in key mineral'
Cold hands, an altered sense of taste and itchy legs could all be potential signs of being deficient in a key mineral.