News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 20, 2014
an RBC; Credit: St Jude
Children’s Research Hospital
Researchers say laser optical tweezers have allowed them to study how Plasmodium falciparum i...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 20, 2014
Results of a retrospective study may have revealed the most accurate way to diagnose invasive aspergillosis (IA).
The fungal infection can be life-...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 20, 2014
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In vitro experiments suggest a patient’s own natural killer (NK) cells can be expanded and modified to fight acute l...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 19, 2014
patient and her father
Credit: Rhoda Baer
Guidelines developed almost 20 years ago can accurately predict infertility in girls with cancer, accord...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 19, 2014
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall
Institute of Medical Research
New research suggests the Mcl-1 protein is crucial for the survival of natural killer ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 19, 2014
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Malaria parasites exploit the epigenetic regulator HP1 to promote their survival and transmission between human hosts, a new stud...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 19, 2014
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Preclinical experiments may have revealed why some cancer patients do not respond to retinoic acid.
Investigators found ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 18, 2014
Credit: Graham Beards
Scientists have discovered that manipulating gene regulation can cause red blood cells to produce fetal hemoglobin, a finding...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 18, 2014
Single-agent carfilzomib did not improve overall survival compared to an active control regimen of corticosteroids plus optional cyclophosphamide in p...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 17, 2014
Two genes appear to play a key role in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), particularly for patients who also have Down syndrome.
Researchers found...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 16, 2014
Credit: Esther Dyson
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation for AG-221 to treat acute myelogenous leukemia (A...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 15, 2014
Credit: Rhoda Baer
Indirectly targeting the prosurvival protein Mcl-1 can reverse chemoresistance in lymphoma and other cancer cells, investigators...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 15, 2014
Credit: John Perry
Researchers say they have uncovered early clues that better explain how hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are generated.
Their ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 15, 2014
A higher body mass index (BMI) increases the risk of developing 10 common cancers, according to a study of more than 5 million adults in the UK.
Th...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: August 15, 2014
Amgen is recalling lots of the erythropoiesis-stimulating agent Aranesp (darbepoetin alfa) that were distributed in several countries outside the US.
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