... at Johns Hopkins have established a human cell-based system for studying sickle cell anaemia by reprogramming somatic cells to an embryonic stem cell like state. Publishing online in Stem Cells on 29 ...
... in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases provides evidence that the risk of anaemia is amplified in children simultaneously infected with hookworm and schistosomes or hookworm and ...
... malaria, given once per term, dramatically reduces rates of malaria infection and anaemia among schoolchildren, and significantly improves their cognitive ability, according to new research published ...
A study in Kenya shows that malaria intermittent preventative treatment reduces anaemia and increases attention span in children.
... in American Journal of Hematology demonstrated that Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs), a widely used drug to treat anaemia, may have a negative impact on the survival of myeloma patients...
University of Utah School of Medicine researchers have developed a new tool that facilitates diagnosis of anaemia related to chronic illness, as well as diseases of iron overload. The results of a ...
... in sub-Saharan Africa were infected with hookworm in 2005, and were therefore at risk of anaemia.
"Most of the studies we identified showed that hookworm was associated with maternal anaemia," says ...
Researchers are calling for regular treatment of hookworm infections in pregnant women to reduce their risk of anaemia and prevent maternal deaths.
A genetic malfunction that causes DNA instability in people with the blood disorder Fanconi anaemia may put them at high risk for squamous cell carcinomas linked to human papillomavirus (HPV), ...
... believed to lead to a rare and incurable blood disease known as Diamond Blackfan anaemia (DBA). Scientists say with further investigation, their discoveries could result in drastic changes to current ...
In chronic kidney disease patients, different levels of anaemia treatment have a beneficial effect on the heart and improve quality of life, according to a pair of studies appearing in the April 2009 ...
... Nature Genetics reports the discovery of a new gene responsible for congenital sideroblastic anaemia, a rare disease, mainly characterised by the presence of ringed sideroblasts in the patients' bone ...
In patients with Fanconi anaemia (FA), one of the DNA repair mechanisms that normally protects us against cancer no longer works adequately. A Dutch researcher set out to find the genes responsible ...
A new study appearing in Congestive Heart Failure has found that the presence of anaemia in patients with chronic heart failure is associated with a significantly increased risk of death. The findings ...
... , Centre for Energetic, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT), has resulted in the generation of blood cells from skin cells of patients with a genetic disease known as Fanconi anaemia...
