Researchers from UCLA have discovered how a protein in human bone marrow can help repair blood after an injury. The finding could pave the way for helping to make current treatments more effective for cancer and other blood-related diseases. Chemotherapy and radiation, which are administered to millions of patients worldwide, damage the blood system and… Continue reading A New Therapy for Blood-Related Diseases?
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Mutations Linked to Blood Cancer Surprisingly High in Older People
Researchers have found that at least 2 percent of people over 40, as well as 5 percent of people over 70, have genetic mutations linked to leukemia and lymphoma. The findings, from investigators at Washington University School of Medicine, don’t mean that people with the mutations are destined to get blood cancer. The incidence of… Continue reading Mutations Linked to Blood Cancer Surprisingly High in Older People