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New trial demonstrates improvements in immunosuppressive treatment of patients with severe aplastic anemia
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New trial demonstrates improvements in immunosuppressive treatment of patients with severe aplastic anemia

by European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation  Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Over the past three decades, efforts to improve the results of standard treatment for patients with severe aplastic anemia have been largely unsuccessful. The phase III RACE trial, sponsored by the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), published on January 6,...

Researchers develop method to diagnose aplastic anemia more effectively
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Researchers develop method to diagnose aplastic anemia more effectively

by  Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Hematopoietic precursor cells: promyelocyte in the center, two metamyelocytes next to it and band cells from a bone marrow aspirate. Credit: Bobjgalindo/Wikipedia Aplastic anemia (AA) is a life-threatening bone marrow disorder caused by the autoimmune destruction of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs). Currently, the condition is a diagnosis of exclusion,...