Practical Transfusion Medicine

Practical Transfusion Medicine

The fifth edition of this practical textbook on transfusion medicine has been thoroughly revised with the latest in scientific and technological developments and edited by a leading team of international expert hematologists,... read more

Patient Achieves Remission With CAR-T Cell Therapy for Aggressive Brain Tumors

Patient Achieves Remission With CAR-T Cell Therapy for Aggressive Brain Tumors

A case study published in the December 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine outlines the results of a patient treated with his own genetically modified CAR-T cells, using central memory T cells, a stem-cell-like... read more

Researchers wind back the biological clock on human embryonic stem cells

Researchers wind back the biological clock on human embryonic stem cells

Johns Hopkins scientists report success in using a cocktail of cell-signaling chemicals to further wind back the biological clock of human embryonic stem cells (ESCs), giving the cells the same flexibility researchers have... read more

Palliative care intervention improves quality of life during hospitalization for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Palliative care intervention improves quality of life during hospitalization for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Palliative care involvement helps lessen quality of life (QOL) decline compared to standard care during hospitalization for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.... read more

Stroke: New drug limits brain damage and promotes repair

Stroke: New drug limits brain damage and promotes repair

Research using rats shows a drug already approved for other conditions reduces the number of brain cells killed by stroke and promotes birth of new ones.... read more

HSCI researchers use color tagging system to track development of blood stem cells

HSCI researchers use color tagging system to track development of blood stem cells

Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have used a colorful, cell-labeling technique to track the development of the blood system and trace the lineage of adult blood cells travelling through the vast networks of... read more

VIB scientists discover neuron-producing stem cells in the membranes covering the brain

VIB scientists discover neuron-producing stem cells in the membranes covering the brain

In a cross-domain study directed by professor Peter Carmeliet (VIB - KU Leuven), researchers discovered unexpected cells in the protective membranes that enclose the brain, the so called meninges.... read more

Houston researchers use stem cells to treat traumatic brain injuries

Houston researchers use stem cells to treat traumatic brain injuries

A Houston research team has uncovered a possible treatment for severe brain injuries that could dramatically improve the outlook for tens of thousands of trauma patients - from those injured on Houston highways, to soldiers... read more

HDAC inhibitors show promise against cancer stem cells

HDAC inhibitors show promise against cancer stem cells

A group of researchers, led by scientists at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, has shown that histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors have the potential to eliminate... read more