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New insight into TPO and platelet production

Publish date: April 8, 2014

Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Investigators say they’ve determined how thrombopoietin (TPO) stimulates platelet...

Publish date: April 8, 2014

a red blood cell; Credit: St Jude Children’s Research Hospital Scientists have generated a 3D model of the human malaria parasite genome at 3...

Publish date: April 8, 2014

Credit: Aaron Logan SAN DIEGO—Researchers have found evidence to suggest there may be little difference between an immune response that kills...

Publish date: April 7, 2014

Credit: Sarah Pfau SAN DIEGO—New research suggests that autophagy may allow cancer cells to recover and divide, rather than die, when faced with...

Author:: Marin H. Kollef, MD; Yixin Chen, PhD; Kevin Heard, BS; Gina N. LaRossa, MD; Chenyang Lu, PhD; Nathan R. Martin, MD; Nelda Martin, APRN; Scott T. Micek, PHARMD; Thomas Bailey, MD

Publish date: April 6, 2014

Credit: NIGMS Few pharmacogenomic studies focus on orphan or tropical diseases prevalent in developing countries, according to research published...

Publish date: April 5, 2014

Credit: Rhoda Baer A novel type of nanocapsule can safely and effectively store isotopes that emit ionizing radiation, according to a paper...

Author:: Evan S. Fieldston, MD, MBA, MS; Lisa B. Zaoutis, MD; Patricia J. Hicks, MD; Susan Kolb, MSN, CRNP; Erin Sladek; Debra Geiger, MHS, SSBG; Paula M. Agosto, MHA, RN, CCRN; Jan P. Boswinkel, MD; Louis M. Bell, MD