Anemia News
July 4, 2024
Top Headlines
June 13, 2024 — Increased use of blood transfusions after major traumatic brain injury could help people hospitalized in intensive care units regain greater functional independence and a better quality of life, ...
Feb. 28, 2024 — Anthropologists working with a hematologist colleague have developed a way to detect anemia in archaeological remains through microscopic patterns in the structures of ...
Jan. 29, 2024 — Researchers have revealed that hydroxyurea significantly reduces infections in children with sickle cell anemia. Their findings enhance strong evidence of hydroxyurea's effectiveness and could ...
Oct. 12, 2022 — Scientists found the cellular response to low oxygen also increases fetal hemoglobin expression in adults, which could lead to novel treatments for some common genetic ...
Latest Headlines
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Nov. 1, 2022 — The destruction of red blood cells, or mechanical hemolysis, is an inevitable complication of interventional devices, so scientists want to gain a better understanding of the phenomenon. Researchers ...
Oct. 6, 2022 — Two proteins ensure that cells can take up iron when needed. If both control proteins are switched off in mice, the animals develop severe anemia, as expected. Surprisingly, at the same time a cell ...
Apr. 14, 2022 — Results from a phase 3 clinical indicate that the oral drug mitapivat is safe and effective for treating adults with pyruvate kinase deficiency, a ...
Jan. 14, 2022 — A world-first study has revealed how space travel can cause lower red blood cell counts, known as space anemia. Analysis of 14 astronauts showed their bodies destroyed 54 percent more red blood cells ...
Oct. 20, 2021 — Researchers uncover the mechanism of how red blood cells detect and bind DNA, opening the door to a new area of research for the treatment of ...
Oct. 19, 2021 — A mathematical model of the body's interacting physiological and biochemical processes shows that it may be more effective to replace red blood cell transfusion with transfusion of other fluids that ...
Oct. 12, 2021 — New research shows how anemia can generate different immune responses in males versus ...
Earlier Headlines
June 19, 2024 — In low- and middle-income countries, anemia reduction efforts are often touted as a way to improve educational outcomes and reduce poverty. A new study evaluates the relationship between anemia and ...
Feb. 27, 2024 — Researchers recently released a first-of-its-kind study that focuses on the rare autoimmune disorder aplastic anemia to understand how a subset of cells might be trained to correct the overzealous ...
Jan. 29, 2023 — Patients with myelofibrosis had clinically significant improvement in disease-related symptoms, including anemia and spleen enlargement, when treated with the targeted therapy momelotinib, according ...
Aug. 30, 2021 — Half of pregnant women who had a simple blood test to check their iron stores had low iron levels, and one in four had severe iron deficiency, according to a new article. But despite how common iron ...
Aug. 6, 2021 — Pooled results from phase 3 clinical trials demonstrate that roxadustat is efficacious and may be comparable to placebo in studies done to date for treating anemia in patients with chronic kidney ...