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December 18, 2018 |
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The latest hematology news from News Medical |
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 | | |  What is Hematopoiesis? This article describes the pathways involved in hematopoiesis; the process responsible for producing all components of blood. | |
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| | | | |  CLL has many signs and symptoms and can sometimes be asymptomatic, therefore it is not uncommon for the disease to be discovered incidentally. | | | | |  Anemia is when the red blood cells in the body are either not functioning correctly or when their numbers are not sufficient in the circulatory system. Types of anemia associated with vitamin B-12 are pernicious anemia, macrocytic anemia, and megaloblastic anemia. Pernicious anemia can cause vitamin B-12 deficiency, which can then lead to megaloblastic anemia and macrocytic anemia. | | | | |  Stem-cell transplantation is an effective form of therapy to fight leukemia. In many cases, however, the transferred immune cells of the donor also attack the recipients' healthy tissue - often with fatal consequences. | | | | |  Five percent of acute leukemia cases are diagnosed as mixed lineage leukemia. MLL is an aggressive blood cancer that predominantly occurs in infants and has been difficult to treat. | | | | |  Venous thromboembolism, a term referring to blood clots in the veins, is a highly prevalent and far-reaching public health problem that can cause disability and death. | | | | |  Gene therapy holds a lot of promise in medicine. If we could safely alter our own DNA, we might eliminate diseases our ancestors passed down to us. | |
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