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Medical News | Medical Articles | Lymphopenia may hint a higher risk of future illness, death

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Lymphopenia may hint a higher risk of future illness, death

Lymphopenia, which indicates lower levels of lymphocytes in the blood, has been tied to a higher risk of future illness and death, a new study found. A team of researchers aimed to identify the connection between lymphopenia and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the general population.

			What are Hepatic Stem Cells? Hepatic stem cells are stem cells that are hypothesized to exist in the liver. Stem cells have a capacity for regenerating tissues, which could be crucial in livers affected by loss of hepatocytes due to alcohol or other factors. However, how stem cells function in the liver, their origin, and their use is not well known.

			What is Hypoxia-Inducible Factor? Hypoxia-inducible factor is a type of transcription factor that responds to the changing level of oxygen supply to the cell. The discovery of how it functions in the body to allow cells to respond to low oxygen levels has added a profound layer of understanding to how the body evolved this crucial capability.

	Autoimmune attack on uninfected red blood cells may cause anemia in malaria patients An autoimmune attack on uninfected red blood cells likely contributes to anaemia - a shortage of red blood cells - in people with malaria, according to a new study published in eLife.

	What is Aplastic Anemia? Aplastic anemia is a rare disorder characterized by inadequate production of blood cells by the bone marrow. The bone marrow is a spongy tissue inside the bones, where all the blood cells (red blood cells, platelets, and white blood cells) are synthesized.

	Pregnant women with anemia more likely to need blood transfusions after cesarean delivery Pregnant women with anemia are twice as likely to need blood transfusions after a cesarean delivery, as those without the condition, according to a study being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2019 annual meeting.

	A HSC surface marker plays key role in ontogeny of hematopoiesis A group of researchers at Osaka University revealed that ESAM (Endothelial cell-selective adhesion molecule), a surface marker for hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and vascular endothelial cells (ECs), played an important role in the ontogeny of hematopoiesis in mice, particularly in the development of adult-type erythropoiesis.

	Finding ways to stop cancer at its roots Why do some cancers come back? Sometimes, a treatment can effectively eliminate cancer cells to undetectable levels, but, if the treatment stops, cancer may return. This is the case of chronic myeloid leukemia treated with drugs known as tyrosine kinase inhibitors.