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Neuroimaging technology used to study how brain stimulation works for treatment of depression

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, or rTMS, was FDA approved in 2008 as a safe and effective noninvasive treatment for severe depression resistant to antidepressant medications. A small coil positioned near the scalp generates repetitive, pulsed magnetic waves that pass through the skull and stimulate brain cells to relieve symptoms of depression.

4 May 2021

New NCCN patient guidelines on anemia and neutropenia published

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network announced today the publication of new NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Anemia and Neutropenia, Low Red and White Blood Cell Counts funded by the NCCN Foundation and endorsed by The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS).

3 May 2021

Discovery opens new avenues for developing antibody-based therapies for malaria

WEHI researchers have identified how natural human antibodies can block malaria parasites from entering red blood cells, potentially indicating how new protective therapies could be developed against this globally significant disease.

3 May 2021

Too much salt affects the functioning of phagocytes

For many of us, adding salt to a meal is a perfectly normal thing to do. We don't really think about it. But actually, we should. As well as raising our blood pressure, too much salt can severely disrupt the energy balance in immune cells and stop them from working properly.

30 Apr 2021

New discovery could lead to more effective treatments for fatigue-inducing anemias

A combination of inexpensive oral medications may be able to treat fatigue-inducing anemias caused by chronic diseases and inflammation, a new discovery from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests.

27 Apr 2021

What is the role of nanotechnology in the current COVID-19 outbreak?

The nanotechnology-based medicine platforms against COVID-19 bears hope for relief from the pandemic to save lives and mitigate the infection as part of a broader global public health agenda.

27 Apr 2021

Global hemoglobin cut-off to define anemia overestimates disease burden in Indian children

Anemia rates among children and teenagers in India may be 20 per cent lower than currently reported as diagnosis is based on ethnically inappropriate blood count thresholds, a study argues.

27 Apr 2021

Drug-discovery collaboration finds potential new antimalarial drug candidates

Potential new antimalarial drug candidates are being developed through an extended drug-discovery collaboration between Australian medical research institute WEHI and Janssen Pharmaceutica NV. The collaboration was facilitated by Johnson & Johnson Innovation.

22 Apr 2021

Aged bone marrow niche restrains function of rejuvenated HSCs, shows study

When leukemia strikes an older person, it is in part due to the aging of his or her hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs).

13 Apr 2021

New fluorescent probe can differentiate between B and T lymphocytes

Human blood contains several different components, including plasma, red blood cells (RBCs), white blood cells (WBCs), and platelets. Among these, WBCs are divided into numerous subcategories each with unique functions and characteristics, such as lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils, and others.

13 Apr 2021

Toward a transformative therapy for sickle cell patients

For the millions of people worldwide who have sickle cell disease, there are only a few treatment options, which include risky bone marrow transplants, gene therapy or other treatments that address a subset of symptoms.

9 Apr 2021

Gift boosts efforts to understand and combat rare cancers

Curing cancer has been the dream of countless doctors and researchers over the decades. Yet some types of cancer, whether because they affect relatively few people or lack influential advocates, receive less attention and funding than others.

9 Apr 2021

Hopkins Medicine endocrinologist publishes first clinical practice review on diabetes management

New medicines for people who have diabetes seem to pop up all the time. Drugs that help the body break down carbohydrates, drugs that increase excretion of glucose in the urine, drugs that help muscles respond to insulin and drugs that stimulate the pancreas to produce it -; the list of pharmaceutical options to treat diabetes gets longer and longer.

7 Apr 2021

Temple, Case Western scientists receive $3 million NIH grant to study pathway behind heart failure

Like a bad water pump that fails to circulate coolant in a car engine, a failing heart struggles to pump blood through the body, causing symptoms of fatigue, shortness of breath, and swelling in the legs and feet.

5 Apr 2021

Scientists launch clinical trial of CRISPR gene correction therapy in patients with sickle cell disease

Scientists at UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley and UCLA have received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to jointly launch an early phase, first-in-human clinical trial of a CRISPR gene correction therapy in patients with sickle cell disease using the patient's own blood-forming stem cells.

30 Mar 2021

New AI-based decision support system can help prevent anemia in hemodialysis patients

Anemia, a condition characterized by the lack of healthy red blood cells in the body, is common in patients with chronic kidney disease who need to undergo routine hemodialysis (a process that helps to "clean" the blood when the kidneys don't function well).

18 Mar 2021

Mosquito protein study could lead to therapeutics against deadly viruses

The mosquito protein AEG12 strongly inhibits the family of viruses that cause yellow fever, dengue, West Nile, and Zika and weakly inhibits coronaviruses, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators.

10 Mar 2021

Five herbal medicines show potent activity against Babesia duncani in the lab

Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the U.S., today announced the publication of new data finding that five herbal medicines had potent activity compared to commonly-used antibiotics in test tubes against Babesia duncani, a malaria-like parasite found on the West Coast of the U.S. that causes the disease babesiosis.

9 Mar 2021

Combined liver-cytokine humanization enhances human red blood cell production and survival

In a new study by the Yale Department of Immunobiology and Yale Cancer Center, researchers report combined liver and growth factor humanization enhances human red blood cell production and survival in circulation the immunodeficient murine host.

5 Mar 2021

Researchers describe new approach for hematopoietic stem cell transplant in embryos

Most people have heard of stem cells, cells from which all other cells with specialized functions are generated. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are the architects of blood cell development and are responsible for blood cell formation throughout the life of an organism.

5 Mar 2021

Red Blood Cells News and Research

Neuroimaging technology used to study how brain stimulation works for treatment of depression

New NCCN patient guidelines on anemia and neutropenia published

Discovery opens new avenues for developing antibody-based therapies for malaria

Too much salt affects the functioning of phagocytes

New discovery could lead to more effective treatments for fatigue-inducing anemias

What is the role of nanotechnology in the current COVID-19 outbreak?

Global hemoglobin cut-off to define anemia overestimates disease burden in Indian children

Drug-discovery collaboration finds potential new antimalarial drug candidates

Aged bone marrow niche restrains function of rejuvenated HSCs, shows study

New fluorescent probe can differentiate between B and T lymphocytes

Toward a transformative therapy for sickle cell patients

Gift boosts efforts to understand and combat rare cancers

Hopkins Medicine endocrinologist publishes first clinical practice review on diabetes management

Temple, Case Western scientists receive $3 million NIH grant to study pathway behind heart failure

Scientists launch clinical trial of CRISPR gene correction therapy in patients with sickle cell disease

New AI-based decision support system can help prevent anemia in hemodialysis patients

Mosquito protein study could lead to therapeutics against deadly viruses

Five herbal medicines show potent activity against Babesia duncani in the lab

Combined liver-cytokine humanization enhances human red blood cell production and survival

Researchers describe new approach for hematopoietic stem cell transplant in embryos

Why use light scattering to analyze proteins and viral vectors?

Changing the landscape of R&D to build clinical success from the ground up

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