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What People With Sickle Cell Disease Need to Know About COVID-19

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Neurotoxicity Characterized After Infusion of CD19 CAR-T Cells

• Infusion of Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Safe, Effective in HFrEF
• Stem Cell-Sheet Transplantation Feasible in Cardiomyopathy
• Treating Leukemia With Cord-Blood Transplant Looks Promising

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Automated blood-cell analyzers. Can you count on them to count well?

For a non-hematologist like me, what was striking at the very outset while beginning to learn about cell counting, was the remarkable way in which techniques of cell counting (hematology)  and particle counting (physics)  have complemented and contributed to each other. It is indeed interesting…

Chemotherapy and cardiac toxicity - the lesser of two evils

One of the most dreaded side effects of certain chemotherapy agents is their effect on the heart. The paradox comes from the fact that these drugs, while only a handful, are among the few chemotherapy agents with a substantial survival benefit. In some cases their use is unavoidable.

DNA methylation signatures identify biologically distinct subtypes in acute myeloid leukemia

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Anemia

Anemia is defined as a decrease in red cell mass. Direct measurement of red cell mass is complicated and expensive often involving the infusion of radiolabeled…

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RE: Investigational Topical Minocycline Gel for Acne Advances to Phase III Development

As I understand, this is a great step of development that we can use to save many people from horrible diseases. and i also hope Dr.Lain and your partners…

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