News on the Division of Blood Diseases and Resources
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News Release
NIH study finds lung function remained stable or improved in adults after transplant So-called low-intensity blood stem cell transplants, which use milder conditioning agents than standard stem cell transplants, do not appear to damage the lungs and may help improve lung function in some patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), according to a three...
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NHLBI in the Press
A study confirms that telomere length in whole blood can serve as a reliable stand-in for telomere length in most other tissues.
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NHLBI in the Press
Researchers have identified a collective signature of proteins and metabolites associated with death due to Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia — a bacterial infection in the blood that kills 20 to 30 percent of patients who contract it.
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NHLBI in the Press
After nearly a decade of decline, the death rate from lung clots is now on the rise, particularly among African Americans and people under the age of 65, researchers are reporting.
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NHLBI in the Press
Patients with sickle cell disease who use medical marijuana at home to reduce their pain tend to have fewer hospitalizations than those who do not use it, researchers are reporting.
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NHLBI in the Press
Researchers in Africa are reporting new insights into the genetic factors that may explain why some people with sickle cell anemia to have long-term survival into their 50s and 60s while others die in childhood.
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NHLBI in the Press
A study of nearly 400 pregnant women in New York City is among the first to show that poverty and crowded homes increase the risk of becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.