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Bone Marrow is the soft, sponge-like tissue in the center of most bones. It produces white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.

New immunotherapies are seldom developed for childhood cancer

More often than not, cancer immunotherapies that work in adults are used in modified ways in children. Seldom are new therapies developed just for children, primarily because of the small number of pediatric patients relative to the adult cancer patient population.

9 Apr 2013

Study finds alcohol consumption has no impact on mortality of breast cancer survivors

Although previous research has linked alcohol consumption to an increased risk of developing breast cancer, a new study has found that drinking before and after diagnosis does not impact survival from the disease.

9 Apr 2013

MD Anderson professor to receive award for clinical research excellence at AACR meeting

Hagop Kantarjian, M.D., chair and professor in The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's Department of Leukemia, will be honored for clinical research excellence at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, April 6-10.

9 Apr 2013

Liver transplants worth risk for people who have genetic liver conditions, study finds

Patients faced with the diagnosis of a life-threatening liver disease have to consider the seriousness of having a liver transplant, which can be a definitive cure for many acquired and genetic liver diseases.

6 Apr 2013

Individualized genomic analysis allows for tailored cancer treatment, new drug research

Just like a massive iceberg jutting out of the ocean, many of cancer's genetic underpinnings remain hidden under the surface, impossible to predict or map from above.

6 Apr 2013

Growing working blood vessels may help offer treatments for diseases that affect circulatory system

One of the major obstacles to growing new organs—replacement hearts, lungs and kidneys—is the difficulty researchers face in building blood vessels that keep the tissues alive, but new findings from the University of Michigan could help overcome this roadblock.

5 Apr 2013

UC San Francisco researchers outline cell-based therapeutics as a "third pillar” of medicine

Treating patients with cells may one day become as common as it is now to treat the sick with drugs made from engineered proteins, antibodies or smaller chemicals, according to UC San Francisco researchers.

4 Apr 2013

Surgeons identify role of stem cells in bone regeneration process

For many patients the removal of several centimetres of bone from the lower leg following a serious injury or a tumour extraction is only the beginning of a long-lasting ordeal.

4 Apr 2013

Same factor that helps fight off severe inflammatory ailments also functions as enemy

The same factor in our immune system that is instrumental in enabling us to fight off severe and dangerous inflammatory ailments is also a player in doing the opposite at a later stage, causing the suppression of our immune response.

4 Apr 2013

TGen to present scientific benefits of whole genome sequencing at myeloma workshop

The scientific benefits of whole genome sequencing at the Translational Genomics Research Institute will be presented at the 14th International Myeloma Workshop, April 3-7 at the Kyoto International Conference Center.

4 Apr 2013

Doctors give new hope for leukemia patients

Leukemia patients receive a bone marrow transplant, which allows them to build a "new" immune system. However, this immune system not only attacks cancer cells but healthy tissue too.

3 Apr 2013

Pregnancy-related events increase women's risk of deadly blood clot: Study

Newly identified pregnancy-related events, such as stillbirth or pre-term birth, may dramatically increase a woman's risk of developing a potentially deadly blood clot immediately after pregnancy, according to the results of a large, population-based study published online today in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology.

3 Apr 2013

Modifiable lifestyle factors may prevent progression of Barrett's-related esophageal cancer

An estimated 20 million Americans have chronic heartburn. About 2 million of these people have Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition that affects the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach.

2 Apr 2013

Researchers use common virus to modify adult stem cells

Using the same strategy that a common virus employs to evade the human immune system, researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine have modified adult stem cells to increase their survival - with the goal of giving the cells time to exert their natural healing abilities.

2 Apr 2013

Neurological researchers discover novel approach for treatment of brain tumor

In a first-of-its-kind experiment using microvesicles generated from mesenchymal bone marrow cells (MSCs) to treat cancer, neurological researchers at Henry Ford Hospital have discovered a novel approach for treatment of tumor.

2 Apr 2013

Research shows immune system can destroy HIV through deactivation of vif gene

Human cells have an intrinsic capacity to destroy HIV. However, the virus has evolved to contain a gene that blocks this ability. When this gene is removed from the virus, the innate human immune system destroys HIV by mutating it to the point where it can no longer survive.

29 Mar 2013

Study aims to improve long-term health outcomes for young cancer survivors

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Survivorship Program and its directors, K. Scott Baker, M.D. and Karen Syrjala, Ph.D., have been selected to lead a nationwide study that aims to improve long-term health outcomes for cancer survivors between the ages of 18 and 39.

27 Mar 2013

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New immunotherapies are seldom developed for childhood cancer

Study finds alcohol consumption has no impact on mortality of breast cancer survivors

MD Anderson professor to receive award for clinical research excellence at AACR meeting

Liver transplants worth risk for people who have genetic liver conditions, study finds

Individualized genomic analysis allows for tailored cancer treatment, new drug research

Growing working blood vessels may help offer treatments for diseases that affect circulatory system

UC San Francisco researchers outline cell-based therapeutics as a "third pillar” of medicine

Surgeons identify role of stem cells in bone regeneration process

Same factor that helps fight off severe inflammatory ailments also functions as enemy

TGen to present scientific benefits of whole genome sequencing at myeloma workshop

Doctors give new hope for leukemia patients

Pregnancy-related events increase women's risk of deadly blood clot: Study

Modifiable lifestyle factors may prevent progression of Barrett's-related esophageal cancer

Researchers use common virus to modify adult stem cells

Neurological researchers discover novel approach for treatment of brain tumor

Research shows immune system can destroy HIV through deactivation of vif gene

Study aims to improve long-term health outcomes for young cancer survivors

Study provides important insight into how BMT treatment works in patients with MS

Clinigen announces acquisition of Cardioxane from Novartis

Researchers identify monoclonal antibody that directly kills lymphocytic leukemia cells

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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