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stem cells

Iron eating “stems off”: how to solve an AMLetic doubt to kill dormant leukemic progenitors

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common cancer of the blood and bone marrow in adults. Caused by an increase in immature cells...

Geraniol: the aromatic natural that would prevent senile dementia?

Although cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancers still have their high prevalence, life expectancy in the 21st century is increasing resulting in an increase in...

Marrow stem cells enterprising toward aging: a journey among receptors, cytokines, signaling, “fatty” stores and lifestyle

The aging immune system is associated with reduced lymphopoiesis, increased inflammation, and bone marrow diseases due to alterations in self-renewing haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs)....

Glucose metabolism out of phase in Alzheimer disease: is a starting point for aimed intervention?

The human brain has a sweet tooth, burning nearly a quarter of the body's sugar energy, or glucose, each day. Scientists have long debated...

Heart MIRs in outer space: the answer stems from the marrow

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers now report that exosomes are key to the SOS signal that the heart muscle sends out after a...

Cancer stem cells: enzyme interplay for a specific target decay

An increase in the incidence and mortality rate of cancer has been noted worldwide, especially for lung cancer. Many patients with lung carcinoma harbor...

Myelofibrosis: vitamin D does not help the marrow at all

There are three types of blood cell: white blood cells, red blood cells  and platelets. All three types are created from hematopoietic stem cells...

CDK6: once removed, the mutant gets JAcK 2 order

Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are a group of rare, malignant diseases of the bone marrow involving the production of an excess of red blood cells,...