All Articles Tagged As: blood

Coffee Before Breakfast Cereal Boosts Blood Sugar, Prof Finds (5/23/2008)

Think you're doing your body good by eating a low-sugar cereal in the morning? Not if you're drinking a cup of coffee beforehand ...> Full Article

Researchers Expand Natural Killer Cells In Cord Blood To Fight Leukemia (5/20/2008)

Researchers have found a therapy that effectively kills human leukemia cells in mice using natural killer cells from umbilical cord blood. ...> Full Article

Specialized white blood cells coordinate 'first responders' to viral infection (4/26/2008)

Specialized types of white blood cells, a category called regulatory T cells, seem to help orchestrate a timely reaction to a virus invasion ...> Full Article

Blood Pressure Enzyme Can Have Tumor-Sensing Role (4/10/2008)

By increasing production of a blood pressure-regulating enzyme in mice, researchers have found they can enhance the mouse immune system's ability to sense tumor growth. ...> Full Article

Fitness Study Shows Differences in Blood Vessel Repair, Fat Hormone (4/3/2008)

Fit healthy people tend to have higher numbers of circulating cells that regenerate blood vessels ...> Full Article

A one-two punch: Two-drug blood pressure therapy lowers cardiovascular risk (4/1/2008)

ACE-CCB combination lowers cardiovascular risk more than ACE-diuretic combination, suggesting need to change blood pressure control guidelines ...> Full Article

Basis created for directing and filming blood vessels (3/28/2008)

A new method of filming blood-vessel cells that move in accordance with targeted signals has been developed ...> Full Article

Fear that freezes the blood in your veins (3/28/2008)

Study shows that people with anxiety disorders tend to suffer from increased blood clotting ...> Full Article

Sewer-gas-induced suspended animation is rapid and reversible (3/26/2008)

Heart rate and metabolism drop, while blood pressure and oxygen levels maintained ...> Full Article

Blood disorder protects against severe malarial anaemia (3/21/2008)

Researchers have moved a step closer to understanding why alpha-thalassaemia, an inherited blood disorder, appears to offer protection against severe malarial anaemia. The key appears to be in the abnormally large number of small red blood cells which characterises thalassaemia. ...> Full Article

Bonn scientists discover new hemoglobin type (3/20/2008)

Instruments falsely report anoxia in affected people ...> Full Article

Post-stroke clot-busting therapy beneficial for patients on aspirin (3/13/2008)

Patients given a clot-busting drug following stroke appear to have better outcomes if they were already taking anti-platelet medications, despite an apparent increased risk for bleeding in the brain. ...> Full Article

Mechanism of blood clot elasticity revealed in high definition (2/28/2008)

Blood clots can save lives, staunching blood loss after injury, but they can also kill. Let loose in the bloodstream, a clot can cause a heart attack, stroke or pulmonary embolism. ...> Full Article

At long last, culprit gene is found (1/19/2008)

Ending a decades-long search, scientists discover gene responsible for debilitating blood cell disorder ...> Full Article

New Gene Identified for Condition that Causes Blood Clots in Brain (1/8/2008)

Researchers have identified a new gene linked to cerebral venous thrombosis, a condition that causes blood clots in the veins of the brain that can lead to stroke. The condition is more common in young and middle-aged women. The research is published in the January 8, 2008, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. ...> Full Article

Gentler Chemotherapy Before Blood Stem Cell Transplant Causes Long-Term Complete Remission in Relapsed Follicular Lymphoma Patients (12/13/2007)

Treating relapsed follicular lymphoma patients with a milder chemotherapy regimen before they receive a blood stem cell transplant from a donor resulted in long-term complete remission for 45 of 47 patients in a clinical trial, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report at the 49th annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology Meeting in Atlanta. ...> Full Article

Scientists Find White Blood Cells Deliver Boost to Tumors (12/10/2007)

New Findings Point to Potential New Cancer Targets ...> Full Article

Blood Flow In Cervical Tumors Can Predict Outcome (12/6/2007)

Measuring both the level of red blood cells in the body and the blood flow in tumors can help predict which cervical cancer patients are likely to have a better outcome, according to researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. ...> Full Article

It's in the genes (11/30/2007)

Of the millions of people receiving blood transfusions in the United States each year, thousands face complications some of which can be life-threatening as a result of a mismatch between the donor and recipient. ...> Full Article

Severe Physical and Emotional Stress May Cause Catastrophic Tear in Aorta (11/4/2007)

Intense physical exertion or an extreme emotion, like shoveling snow or anxiety over big gambling losses, can cause a rupture in the main artery leading to and from the heart. ...> Full Article

International Team Presents New Guidelines for Treating and Preventing Deadly Blood Clots in Cancer Patients (11/3/2007)

An international panel of researchers led by an oncologist from the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center has put together a set of guidelines for the prevention and treatment of dangerous blood clots that threaten cancer patients. ...> Full Article

Could Cardiovascular Disease Be Controlled Through A Brain Pathway? (10/13/2007)

A discovery made 25 years ago about how the brain controls blood pressure regulation is only now being explored. ...> Full Article

Scientists discover a Survival Mechanism for Blood Cancer Cells (8/22/2007)

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia is a type of blood cancer in which specific white blood cells, called B lymphocytes or B cells, build up in the blood, bone marrow and lymph nodes. The lifespan of a normal B cell is limited by an internal self-destruct program but, in cancer cells, this mechanism breaks down. B cells that don’t self-destruct can live on to multiply and eventually accumulate in dangerous amounts. ...> Full Article

Clots and Cancer Carry Hidden Double Risk (8/6/2007)

Rochester Researchers Study Trends and Blood Clot Prevention ...> Full Article

Integrated Epigenetic Approach Identifies Novel Cancer Target (6/4/2007)

Research published in Cell June 1st shows that a combination of genetic and epigenetic changes underlies one of the most common blood cancers - chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Like all cancers, CLL is caused by changes in DNA functionality which can be induced by genetic changes, such as mutations, or epigenetic changes, such as the addition of a 'methyl' group to cytosine bases without altering the DNA sequence. ...> Full Article

Study Suggests That Lowering Blood Pressure Following Stroke May Reduce Damage (4/20/2007)

A new University of Georgia study suggests that commonly prescribed drugs used to lower blood pressure may help reduce brain damage when given within 24 hours of a stroke. ...> Full Article