| |  Discovery by Scripps Research scientists may offer insight into treating blood disorders such as sickle cell anemia. | |
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| |  Every day, stem cells in our bone marrow produce billions of new red blood cells. Any disruption in this process can result in serious disease. Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Harvard Medical School have succeeded in furthering our understanding of how blood cells are formed. | |
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| |  Hematopoietic stem cells, that form mature blood cells, require a very precise amount of protein to function - and defective regulation of protein production is common in certain types of aggressive human blood cancers. | |
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| |  Blood and marrow transplant, or BMT, is a lifesaving and effective treatment for many patients, but the procedure can cause serious and life-threatening complications. | |
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| |  A penetrating injury from shrapnel is a serious obstacle in overcoming battlefield wounds that can ultimately lead to death.Given the high mortality rates due to hemorrhaging, there is an unmet need to quickly self-administer materials that prevent fatality due to excessive blood loss. | |
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| |  Fetal hemoglobin (HbF) is the form of hemoglobin that is dominant during fetal life and is also markedly increased in concentration for several weeks after birth. | |
