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New Bone Marrow Model Could Help People With Sickle Cell Disease
February 23, 2005 — A new model showing how sickle cell blood cells operate within bone marrow is presented at a conference in Austria today. Researchers at Imperial College London, who developed the model, hope that it ... > full story -
Discovery Promises Simpler Therapy For Sickle Cell Disease
February 1, 2005 — A new understanding of the causes for symptoms of sickle cell disease, a condition affecting one in every 600 African-Americans, has resulted from a study by researchers at Duke University Medical ... > full story -
Kinder, Gentler Procedure Gives Superior Results For Stem Cell Transplants
December 20, 2004 — An improved stem cell transplant regimen that is well-tolerated and has a high success rate has been developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The procedure ... > full story -
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Ongoing Transfusions Needed To Avoid Strokes In Children With Sickle Cell Disease
December 6, 2004 — The 10 percent of children with sickle cell disease who are at risk for a stroke need ongoing blood transfusions to reduce their risk, according to a study at 25 sites in North ... > full story -
UNC Scientists Identify Sticky Protein In Sickle Cell Red Blood Cells
October 13, 2004 — New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reveals why red blood cells from people with sickle cell disease are stickier than healthy red cells, pointing the way to potential ... > full story -
Vanilla May Have A Future In Sickle Cell Treatment
September 21, 2004 — In addition to its popular role in flavoring ice cream, fudge and cake frosting, vanilla may have a future use as a medicine. Recent laboratory research has strengthened the possibility that a form ... > full story -
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Surprises Found In Gene Variation Associated With Schizophrenia
April 12, 2004 — Approximately 2 percent of Caucasians have a gene segment variation that can cause a certain form of schizophrenia. Most people with the variation, known as a polymorphism, do not have the disease. A ... > full story -
Sickle Cell Sufferers Living Longer, Dying Less From Their Disease
March 25, 2004 — Children with sickle cell disease – an inherited red blood-cell disorder – are living longer, dying less often from their disease and contracting fewer fatal infections than ever before, ... > full story -
High Blood Pressure In The Lungs A Major Risk For Death In Adults With Sickle Cell Disease
February 26, 2004 — A new study reveals that nearly one third of adults with sickle cell disease develop high blood pressure in their lungs and that the condition, known as pulmonary hypertension, causes a much higher ... > full story -
Passive Tobacco Smoke Increases Complications In Children With Sickle Cell Disease
December 17, 2003 — Physicians and researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center found that children with sickle cell disease who are exposed to tobacco smoke in the home have more complications from ... > full story
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