Genetics
Genome therapy could lead to new treatment for life-threatening blood disorders
Genome therapy with beneficial natural mutation could lead to new treatment for life-threatening blood disorders
Jul 17, 2017
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News tagged with haemoglobin
Medical research
Brain shrinkage in multiple sclerosis associated with leaked protein in blood
A leak of a protein called haemoglobin from damaged red blood cells may be associated with brain shrinkage in multiple sclerosis.
Dec 13, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Link between anemia and mild cognitive impairment
In a large population-based study of randomly selected participants in Germany, researchers found that participants with anemia, defined as haemoglobin
Dec 16, 2015
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Medical research
New age of genome editing could lead to cure for sickle cell anemia
UNSW Australia researchers have shown that changing just a single letter of the DNA of human red blood cells in the laboratory increases their production of oxygen-carrying haemoglobin - a world-first advance that could lead ...
May 14, 2015
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Surgery
When should blood transfusions be given after cardiac surgery?
New research has shown that patients having heart surgery do not benefit if doctors wait until a patient has become substantially anaemic before giving a transfusion.
Mar 11, 2015
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Medical research
Important element in the fight against sleeping sickness found
Researchers from Aarhus University have taken an important step in the fight against sleeping sickness, a disease that is a major problem in parts of Africa. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the disease threatens ...
Nov 24, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
One day, science may cure sickle cell anaemia
Genetic mutations that affect our blood cells' haemoglobin are the most common of all mutations. It has been estimated that around 5% of the world's population carry a defective globin gene.
Jul 9, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers propose a novel prognostic model for disease-specific survival in BCa patients
A new study from Japan investigated various prognostic indicators, including clinico-pathological and pre-operative hematological factors to develop a novel prognostic factors-based risk stratification model for disease-specific ...
Mar 18, 2013
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Medical research
Cellular bells: Key step in manufacture of red blood cells decoded
A healthy adult must generate as many as one hundred billion new red blood cells each day, to maintain the numbers circulating in his blood. A team of EPFL researchers has identified a key step in the process by which red ...
Mar 14, 2013
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Genetics
Study identifies 75 genetic regions that influence red blood cell formation
New research is revealing how red blood cells are made and how the body regulates the amount of haemoglobin that is packaged in red blood cells at any time. Genomic analysis techniques have doubled the number of genetic regions ...
Dec 5, 2012
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