July 31 -- THURSDAY, July 30 (HealthDay News) -- Though its reputation doesn't rank down there with the appendix, the spleen isn't exactly known as a vital organ. In fact, plenty of people do fine ...
Healthy human red blood cells (RBCs) gradually degrade over their lifespan of ~120 days. However, sickle cells - RBCs from sickle cell disease (SCD) patients - degrade much faster within their ...
Researchers have designed a microfluidic device, or 'spleen-on-a-chip,' that can model how the spleen's filters become clogged by sickled red blood cells, leading to a life-threatening condition known ...
Israel Institute of Technology Faculty of Biology have identified a unique mechanism involved in the aging of the immune ...
Among previously untreated adults with Gaucher disease type 1, a genetic disease in which there is improper metabolism due to a defect in an enzyme, treatment with the drug eliglustat resulted in ...
WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Echosens, a high-technology company offering the FibroScan family of products, announces the launch of FibroScan 630 Expert in the United States, a comprehensive ...
A Minnesota woman has filed a lawsuit that alleges her surgeon removed her kidney, and not her spleen, in 2022, leaving her with significant health issues According to the lawsuit documents, Wendy ...