Sickle Cell Treatment Moves to a Faster Lane
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By Julius A. Karash, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Sep. 5--Sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder, afflicts more than 70,000 people in the United States.
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A genetic blood test allowing a much closer match between donors and recipients is under development.
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Scientists discover a new protein they believe could help develop much more effective medicines.
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A new technique uses a magnetic field to guide potential therapies to stents in clogged blood vessels.
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A method for producing red blood cells in the laboratory could one day help solve the shortage of donated blood.
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Genetic tests may soon help doctors find the best treatment for each individual.
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Researchers at the University of Minnesota Stem Cell Institute are one step closer to understanding how blood cells develop through the use of human embryonic stem cells.
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A protein produced by immune cells could lead to more effective treatments for HIV, researchers believe.
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NEW YORK, Sep 16 (IPS) - With HIV-infected children dying much faster than  adults â shockingly, one-half by their second birthday â doctors  are scrambling to design new treatment protocols that work even  in the most resource-poor settings.
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Infusing patients with bone marrow cells can reinvigorate their dying hearts and grow tiny new arteries and heart muscle tissue, a treatment that may one
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New proposals to provide faster diagnosis, treatment and care for people with epilepsy are announced.
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A heart patient who had muscle cells transferred from his leg to his heart makes good progress.
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Discovery will speed research into incurable diseases such as diabetes and Parkinson's, and bring closer the mass production of body tissue to replace that damaged by disease.
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An antibiotic could treat TB much faster than current drugs and beat problems of resistance, researchers hope.
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New technology could lead to safer, more effective drugs.
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A new technology that counts cancer cells in the blood helps predict the success of breast cancer treatments more quickly and more reliably than established methods, researchers reported yesterday.
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Using a recently developed technique for turning skin cells into stem cells, scientists have cured mice of sickle cell anemia -- the first direct proof that the easily obtained cells can reverse an inherited, potentially fatal disease.