New iron deficiency guidelines raise key blood test cutoffs
Could current blood test cutoffs be missing iron deficiency? New guidelines recommend higher ferritin thresholds for key patient…
New BCR analysis method tracks immune recovery after stem cell transplantation
A research team led by Associate Professor Yohei Funakoshi, Associate Professor Kimikazu Yakushijin, and Professor Hironobu Minami of…
UC researcher receives funding to study bone complications in people with sickle cell disease
September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and a University of Cincinnati College of Medicine hematology researcher has received new grant…
Low muscle quality, but not muscle mass, in abdominal CT-scans associates with adverse outcomes in AML patients undergoing an allogeneic stem cell transplantation
For many patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) remains the treatment with…
New study uncovers metabolic vulnerability in high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Cancer Center have identified a previously unknown metabolic weakness in the…
Fixed-dose inotuzumab ozogamicin (INO) combined with Vincristine and Prednisone (VP) regimen as induction therapy for newly diagnosed B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia (B-ALL): a multi-center, open-label, single-arm, prospective clinical study
Adult B-ALL exhibits significant heterogeneity and poor prognosis compared with the pediatric population. While the complete remission (CR)…
Researchers trace the origin of blood cells back to possible single-celled ancestors
Almost all animal species — including humans — have blood cells, but between different species our blood tells…
New clinical guidelines address blood clot prevention in pediatric patients
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) and the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) released comprehensive clinical…
Study reveals how inflammation disrupts lymph node structure in lymphoma
In aggressive lymphomas, inflammatory messengers reprogram the “conductors” of the immune system, causing lymph nodes structure to collapse.…
Study links androgens to aggressive childhood brain tumor growth
An international team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, McGill University and University…
Serious side effects after CAR T cell therapy for multiple myeloma share a common immune root cause
Serious side effects, including neurotoxicity and intestinal inflammation, that appear weeks or months after patients receive CAR T…
Study finds no specific harms linked to hydroxyurea exposure during pregnancy
Taking the sickle cell drug hydroxyurea during or shortly before pregnancy does not appear to cause specific issues…