News tagged with red blood
New nanolaser -- spaser -- key to future optical computers and technologies
Aug 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Because the new device, called a "spaser," is the first of its kind to emit visible light, it represents a critical component for possible future technologies based on "nanophotonic" circuitry, ...
Chronic kidney disease profoundly impacts quality of life
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can significantly lessen patients' quality of life, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). Certain types of pati ...
Unexpected reservoir of monocytes discovered in the spleen
Jul 30, 2009 |
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It takes a spleen to mend a broken heart - that's the conclusion of a surprising new report from researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Systems Biology, directed by Ralph Weissleder, MD, PhD. ...
Mosquitoes deliver malaria 'vaccine' through bites
Jul 29, 2009 |
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In a daring experiment in Europe, scientists used mosquitoes as flying needles to deliver a "vaccine" of live malaria parasites through their bites. The results were astounding: Everyone in the vaccine group acquired immunity ...
First genetically-engineered malaria vaccine to enter human trials
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have created a weakened strain of the malaria parasite that will be used as a live vaccine against the disease. The vaccine, developed in collaboration with researchers ...
Researchers turn cell phones into fluorescent microscopes
Jul 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are proving that a camera phone can capture far more than photos of people or pets at play. They have now developed a cell phone microscope, ...
Baboons, Humans Adapted Similarly to Malaria (w/ Video)
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Evolutionarily speaking, baboons may be our more distant cousins among primates. But when it comes to our experiences with malaria over the course of time, it seems the stories of our two ...
Study finds iron levels not predictive of survival for form of blood cancer
May 11, 2009 |
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Iron chelating drugs have been heavily promoted for use in patients with primary myelofibrosis (PMF), a form of blood cancer often treated with blood transfusion. These drugs, however, which withhold available iron in the ...
Drugs to combat anemia in cancer patients increase risk of death
Apr 30, 2009 |
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The use of drugs to encourage red blood cell formation (erythropoiesis-stimulating agents) in cancer patients with anemia increases the risk of death and serious adverse events such as blood clots, found a new study in CMAJ.
Folic acid may help treat allergies, asthma
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Folic acid, or vitamin B9, essential for red blood cell health and long known to reduce the risk of spinal birth defects, may also suppress allergic reactions and lessen the severity of allergy and asthma symptoms, according ...
New hope for advances in treating malaria
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Leeds have developed chemicals which kill the most deadly malaria-causing parasite, Plasmodium falciparum - including those resistant to existing drugs.
Source of major health benefits in olive oil revealed
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Scientists have pinned down the constituent of olive oil that gives greatest protection from heart attack and stroke. In a study of the major antioxidants in olive oil, Portuguese researchers showed that one, DHPEA-EDA, protects ...
Anemia treatment improves heart structure and quality of life in kidney disease patients
Apr 01, 2009 |
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In chronic kidney disease patients, different levels of anemia treatment have a beneficial effect on the heart and improve quality of life, according to a pair of studies appearing in the April 2009 issue of the Clinical Jo ...
Researchers decipher blood stem cell attachment, communication
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have deciphered a key sequence of events governing whether the stem cells that produce red and white blood cells remain anchored to the bone marrow, or migrate into the circulatory ...
New findings highlight the role of endothelial cell activation in children with cerebral malaria
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Researchers have identified a novel pathway that may contribute to the high mortality associated with severe malaria in sub-Saharan African children. The study, published March 20 in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens, report ...
