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Bone Marrow
Bone Marrow: semi-solid tissue which may be found within the spongy or cancellous portions of the bone structure. Bone marrow is the primary site of new blood cell production or hematopoiesis in birds and mammals.
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FEB 15, 2016Health & Medicine
A side effect of some medications is a change in the stiffness of white blood cells. The drugs tend to make the cells so ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 14, 2016Cancer
A new study links the use of computer surveys to systematically collect cancer patients’ symptoms to less frequent ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 26, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A group at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City recently published a very interesting and exciti ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJAN 21, 2016Videos
Patients who suffer from Multiple Sclerosis have new hope based on the results of treatments in the UK. Royal Hallamshir ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 18, 2016Immunology
Two recent studies have connected protein Blimp1 to key regulation of plasma cells’ ability to produce pathogen-fi ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 15, 2016Genetics & Genomics
With new results from whole genome sequencing, scientists have identified a cause for a rare genetic disorder known to c ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 11, 2015Cardiology
Normally macrophages are called to a site of damage due to an infection or penetration of the skin, but scientists have ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Being alone isn’t the same thing as being lonely. Many people who enjoy being alone don't grapple with lo ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 20, 2015Videos
Having a child diagnosed with cancer is a devastating blow to any parent. Going through chemotherapy and a bone marrow t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 17, 2015Cancer
The product pipeline for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) exhibits a lower degree of innovation than both the industry and onc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 16, 2015Cancer
University of Manchester scientists have identified a gene, FOXC1, that, if turned on, can cause more aggressive cancer ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 13, 2015Cancer
A team at the University of Pennsylvania reported that a multiple myeloma patient whose cancer had stopped respondi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 17, 2015Cancer
There is good news for children with neuroblastoma, the second most common solid-tumor childhood cancer. Donald L. Durde ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 14, 2015Cancer
Getting cancer to go away is only part of the story. Keeping it from coming back may require an entirely different ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 15, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The role of telomeres in the aging process has become a hot topic in biology, and recent study have linked telomeres - t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 14, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Diseases of the airways -- emphysema, bronchitis, asthma and cystic fibrosis -- are the second leading cause of death wo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 26, 2015Cancer
One reason why cancer is so harmful is that it can trick "checkpoint" proteins found on the immune system's T cells, vir ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 11, 2015Health & Medicine
A 27-year old woman from Belgium was recently the first in the world to bear a child using transplanted frozen ovarian t ...APR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 27, 2015Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Neuroscience
Most patients in a recently concluded clinical trial displayed improvement in the form of slower progression of amyotrop ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Unituxin (dinutuximab), part of a first-line therapy for high-r ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
FEB 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
A side effect of some medications is a change in the stiffness of white blood cells. The drugs tend to make the cells so
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 14, 2016
Cancer
A new study links the use of computer surveys to systematically collect cancer patients’ symptoms to less frequent
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 26, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A group at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City recently published a very interesting and exciti
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JAN 21, 2016
Videos
Patients who suffer from Multiple Sclerosis have new hope based on the results of treatments in the UK. Royal Hallamshir
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 18, 2016
Immunology
Two recent studies have connected protein Blimp1 to key regulation of plasma cells’ ability to produce pathogen-fi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 15, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
With new results from whole genome sequencing, scientists have identified a cause for a rare genetic disorder known to c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 11, 2015
Cardiology
Normally macrophages are called to a site of damage due to an infection or penetration of the skin, but scientists have
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Being alone isn’t the same thing as being lonely. Many people who enjoy being alone don't grapple with lo
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 20, 2015
Videos
Having a child diagnosed with cancer is a devastating blow to any parent. Going through chemotherapy and a bone marrow t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 17, 2015
Cancer
The product pipeline for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) exhibits a lower degree of innovation than both the industry and onc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 16, 2015
Cancer
University of Manchester scientists have identified a gene, FOXC1, that, if turned on, can cause more aggressive cancer
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 13, 2015
Cancer
A team at the University of Pennsylvania reported that a multiple myeloma patient whose cancer had stopped respondi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 17, 2015
Cancer
There is good news for children with neuroblastoma, the second most common solid-tumor childhood cancer. Donald L. Durde
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 14, 2015
Cancer
Getting cancer to go away is only part of the story. Keeping it from coming back may require an entirely different
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 15, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The role of telomeres in the aging process has become a hot topic in biology, and recent study have linked telomeres - t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 14, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Diseases of the airways -- emphysema, bronchitis, asthma and cystic fibrosis -- are the second leading cause of death wo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 26, 2015
Cancer
One reason why cancer is so harmful is that it can trick "checkpoint" proteins found on the immune system's T cells, vir
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
A 27-year old woman from Belgium was recently the first in the world to bear a child using transplanted frozen ovarian t
...
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Lung diseases like emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis are common among people with malfunctioning telomeres, the "caps" or
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Most patients in a recently concluded clinical trial displayed improvement in the form of slower progression of amyotrop
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Unituxin (dinutuximab), part of a first-line therapy for high-r
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider