The surprising health benefits of giving blood – and how it could save YOUR life too
YOUR regular donation of blood could be doing more than saving others lives. It could benefit you too – with new research suggesting it could strengthen your blood system and even lower your ...
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Study identifies genetic changes in blood stem cells of frequent blood donors
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified genetic changes in blood stem cells from frequent blood donors that support the production of new, non-cancerous cells.
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Frequent Blood Donors Have Healthier Blood Cells and More Protection Against Cancer
Donating blood is one of the most important and life-saving things everyday people can do. Yet, while it’s often seen as ...
Beneficial genetic changes observed in regular blood donors
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified genetic changes in blood stem cells from frequent blood donors ...
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How erythropoietin can be used to treat HDFN
Erythropoietin is a naturally occurring glycoprotein hormone, also known as a growth factor, produced in the kidneys that ...
BioWorld21d
Kind Pharmaceuticals discloses EPO production inhibitors
Kind Pharmaceuticals LLC has patented substituted benzocyclobutene compounds acting as erythropoietin (EPO) production inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of cancer and polycythemia.
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Mortality and target haemoglobin concentrations in anaemic patients with chronic kidney disease treated with erythropoietin: a meta-analysis.
BACKGROUND: Recombinant human erythropoietin is commonly used for treatment of anaemia. Our aim was to determine whether targeting different haemoglobin concentrations with such treatment is ...
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Sydney Marathon champion tests positive for two banned substances
The sample taken from Kipkorir reportedly showed the presence of the red blood cell enhancer erythropoietin (EPO) and the masking agent furosemide. Both substances are banned by the World Anti ...
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Yang Highlights Positive COMMANDS Trial Data for Luspatercept in MDS
Revised International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS-R): Low Work-up to assess disease status and response to anemia management: Serum erythropoietin (EPO): 250 mIU/mL Ring sideroblast negative ...
Frontiers1y
Chorioamnionitis disrupts erythropoietin and melatonin homeostasis through the placental-fetal-brain axis during critical developmental periods
Given the recent clinical focus on neurorepair for PBI, we hypothesized that there would be injury-induced changes in erythropoietin (EPO), erythropoietin receptor (EPOR), melatonin receptor (MLTR), ...
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The Race to Nab Cheating Athletes
Approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2001, darbepoetin is a second-generation version of recombinant human erythropoietin (EPO) purified from Chinese hamster ovary cells that express the ...
Frontiers6y
Excessive Iron Availability Caused by Disorders of Interleukin-10 and Interleukin-22 Contributes to High Altitude Polycythemia
Methods: We examined the serum levels of iron, total iron binding capacity, soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR), ferritin, and hepcidin as well as erythropoietin (EPO) and inflammation-related ...