| Reducing Damage when Storing and Thawing Blood Plasma |
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June 26, 2018 |
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The latest hematology news from News Medical |
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 | | |  Reducing Damage when Storing and Thawing Blood Plasma
The ability to freeze blood and its constituents is very important to preserve them for a long time. However, freezing and thawing blood can cause damage to its components, resulting in reduced integrity and unreliable biochemical measurements.
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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. | | | | |  Our increased understanding of myeloma biology has resulted in significantly improved patient outcomes although, until recently, the major gains have been achieved in patient’s aged | | | | |  The majority of people have heard of the term leukemia, but evidence suggests many people are not aware that leukaemia is a cancer of the blood. ‘Leuk’ means white and ‘emia’ refers to a condition of the blood. Hence, the term leukemia specifically refers to cancers of the white blood cells. | | | | |  Ivosidenib, an experimental drug that inhibits a protein often mutated in several cancers has been shown to be safe, resulting in durable remissions, in a study of acute myeloid leukemia with relapsed or refractory disease. | | | | |  Researchers have created a high-resolution map of the entire epigenome of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the most common form of leukemia. | |
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