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A small portion of adults in remission from a deadly blood cancer had persisting mutations detected, which predicted their risk of death from having the cancer return Researchers at the National Institutes of Health show the benefits of screening adult patients in remission from acute myeloid leukemia (AML) for residual disease before receiving a...
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In English Al conocer a Tiffany McCoy, una madre feliz y efusiva de 26 años, nadie pensaría que tiene una enfermedad grave. Ella es uno de cerca de 100.000 estadounidenses con anemia de células falciformes. Su vida, así como la de muchas otras personas con anemia de células falciformes, ha mejorado enormemente gracias a las investigaciones...
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[embed type:node embed_type:image id:2041 align:right]In August 1963, the younger son of President and Mrs. Kennedy died of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, who was born 5½ weeks prematurely and weighed only 4 pounds, 10½ ounces, lived for less than two days. Because his lungs were not fully developed, breathing was for...
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In English Preguntas ¿Qué es el rasgo de células falciformes? ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre el rasgo de células falciformes y la anemia de células falciformes? ¿Qué significa que alguien tenga el rasgo de células falciformes? ¿Qué investigación se está llevando a cabo para entender mejor el rasgo de células falciformes? ¿Qué es el rasgo de células...
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Questions What is sickle cell trait? What is the difference between sickle cell trait and sickle cell disease? What does it mean if someone has sickle cell trait? What research is being done to better understand sickle cell trait? What is sickle cell trait? Sickle cell trait occurs when a person carries a single copy of the sickle globin gene...
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Today, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), one of the National Institutes of Health, announced a "Grand Opportunity" Large-Scale DNA Sequencing Project that will spend more than $64 million over two years to identify genetic connections to heart, lung, and blood diseases that account for three of the four leading causes of death...
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The $63 million NHLBI Large-Scale DNA Sequencing Project is a "Grand Opportunity" Recovery Act project that will find genetic signatures for heart, lung, and blood diseases that account for 3 of the 4 leading causes of death in the United States. President Barack Obama announced the award September 30, 2009, as part of the $5 billion in new...
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The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Division of Blood Diseases and Resources (DBDR) has reorganized its structure to reflect the research pathway — from laboratory investigations to clinical trials to real-world implementation studies, and back to basic investigations, with the various translational steps in between these areas...
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[embed type:node embed_type:image id:2967 align:right]A long-term study of children with a potentially life-threatening heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) found that the risk of death or need for immediate heart transplantation was greatest for those who developed certain subtypes of this disease as infants with congestive...
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National Institutes of Health- (NIH) supported research is shedding light on how sleep and lack of sleep affect the human body. The NIH and its partners will continue to work together to advance sleep research. Download an accessible PDF version of the infographic.