Anemia News

June 26, 2025

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Iron Overload: The Hidden Culprit Behind Early Alzheimer’s in Down Syndrome

June 21, 2025 — USC researchers have uncovered a hidden driver behind the early and severe onset of Alzheimer's in people with Down syndrome: iron overload in the brain. Their study revealed that individuals with ...

Microscopic Heist: How Lung Bacteria Forge Weapons to Steal Iron and Survive

June 19, 2025 — Researchers investigating the enigmatic and antibiotic-resistant Pandoraea bacteria have uncovered a surprising twist: these pathogens don't just pose risks they also produce powerful natural ...

Oxygen Deprivation Promotes Colon Cancer Growth

May 24, 2025 — Researchers found that the Wnt5a protein, secreted by inflammatory fibroblasts within cancerous tumors, inhibits angiogenesis and consequently promotes hypoxia within tumors. Hypoxic conditions help sustain the inflammatory fibroblasts, which also ...

Survival Trick: Pathogen Taps Iron Source in Immune Cells

May 19, 2025 — The body defends itself against pathogens by depriving them of vital iron. However, this strategy doesn't always succeed against Salmonella. Researchers have discovered that these bacteria specifically target iron-rich regions within immune cells to ...

AI-Powered App Enables Anemia Screening Using Fingernail Selfies

May 16, 2025 — A groundbreaking new study introduces an AI-powered smartphone app that noninvasively screens for anemia using a photo of a user's fingernail. The study shows the app provides hemoglobin estimates comparable to traditional lab tests, with over 1.4 ...

New Gene Linked to Severe Cases of Fanconi Anemia

May 9, 2025 — Mutations in FANCX appear to cause a lethal form of Fanconi anemia, a finding that sheds light on unexplained pregnancy loss and offers new avenues for genetic ...

How Bacteria in Our Aging Guts Can Elevate Risk of Leukemia and Perhaps More

Apr. 25, 2025 — Scientists have discovered a surprising new connection between gut health and blood cancer risk one that could transform how we think about aging, inflammation, and the early stages of ...

Blocking a Surprising Master Regulator of Immunity Eradicates Liver Tumors in Mice

Apr. 25, 2025 — 'Cold' tumors are resistant to common immunotherapies. Researchers have uncovered a master regulator that can be manipulated to prevent tumor growth in ...

Supercharged Mitochondria Spark Aging-Related Blood Disorders

Apr. 16, 2025 — Scientists have discovered how aging blood stem cells acquire mutations that give them a growth edge, creating fertile ground for the development of clonol hematopoiesis, a condition that dramatically increases the risk of heart disease, blood ...

Researchers Identify a Novel Mechanism of Fetal Anemia Linked to Mitochondrial Protein Synthesis Deficiency

Apr. 10, 2025 — A team of researchers has uncovered a previously unrecognized role of mitochondrial protein synthesis in the maintenance of intracellular iron distribution. Disruption of this process was found to ...

ADHD May Be Associated With an Increased Risk of Dementia

Mar. 25, 2025 — An adult brain affected by attention deficit disorder with or without hyperactivity (ADHD) presents modifications similar to those observed in individuals suffering from dementia. These are the findings of a study which shows that, compared with ...

How Our Lungs Back Up the Bone Marrow to Make Our Blood

Mar. 2, 2025 — Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming stem cells must make about 200 billion new red blood cells each day to keep the oxygen flowing. For many years, scientists assumed that blood production took place ...

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Low Iron Could Cause Brain Fog During Menopause Transition

Apr. 30, 2025 — New research sheds light on an understudied area of science: iron levels in the blood and their relationship to cognitive performance in women transitioning into menopause. The findings are good news ...

Selenoproteins: The Fountain of Youth?

Feb. 4, 2025 — Researchers find that certain antioxidant enzymes, called selenoproteins, significantly contribute to fighting cell aging. The team used a gene knockout mouse model to help them study the effects of ...

Borrowing Nature's Blueprint: How Scientists Replicated Bone Marrow

Jan. 31, 2025 — Researchers have developed a platform that emulates human bone marrow's native environment. This breakthrough addresses a critical need in medical science, as animal studies often fail to fully ...

Continuous Glucose Monitor Data Predicts Type 1 Diabetes Complications

Jan. 16, 2025 — Data from continuous glucose monitors can predict nerve, eye and kidney damage caused by type 1 diabetes researchers have found. That suggests doctors may be able to use data from the devices to help ...

Is Eating More Red Meat Bad for Your Brain?

Jan. 15, 2025 — People who eat more red meat, especially processed red meat like bacon, sausage and bologna, are more likely to have a higher risk of cognitive decline and dementia when compared to those who eat ...

Red Light Linked to Lowered Risk of Blood Clots

Jan. 15, 2025 — Humans and mice exposed to long-wavelength red light had lower rates of blood clots that can cause heart attacks, lung damage and strokes, according to research led by ...

Healthier Mothers, Healthier Babies: Iron Infusion Trial Could Transform Pregnancy Care Worldwide

Jan. 6, 2025 — A major trial has found a single iron infusion in the third trimester can significantly reduce anaemia in pregnant women and outperform the efficacy ...

Key Regulator That Induces Cancer-Killing Capacity in T Cells Under Hypoxia Is Identified

Dec. 13, 2024 — Immune checkpoint blockades, or ICBs, have revolutionized treatment for various advanced cancers. However, their effectiveness has plateaued due to ...

What Motivates Americans to Eat Less Red Meat?

Dec. 9, 2024 — Limiting red meat consumption is key to a sustainable and healthy diet, yet Americans are among the world's largest consumers of red meat. A new study reveals the demographics of American adults who ...

Early Detection of High-Altitude Hypoxic Brain Injury

Dec. 6, 2024 — People who climb too fast or too high risk acute altitude sickness, which can lead to life-threatening hypoxic brain injury. By using in vivo electrochemistry, researchers demonstrated that ...

Cancer Risk Declines in Old Age, Research Helps Explain Why

Dec. 4, 2024 — A laboratory study provides evidence about how advanced age can be protective against cancer -- with implications for treating patients in different age ...

Parkinson's Drug Changes the Gut Microbiome for the Worse Due to Iron Deficiency

Nov. 21, 2024 — In a groundbreaking new study scientists have revealed that the widely prescribed Parkinson's disease drug entacapone significantly disrupts the human gut microbiome by inducing iron deficiency. ...

One Gene Provides Diagnoses for 30 Patients Whose Condition Was Unexplained for Years

Nov. 8, 2024 — An international team of researchers has provided a genetic diagnosis for 30 individuals whose condition was undiagnosed for years despite extensive clinical or genetic ...

How Hypoxia Helps Cancer Spread

Nov. 6, 2024 — Scientists have identified 16 genes that breast cancer cells use to survive in the bloodstream after they've escaped the low-oxygen regions of a tumor. Each is a potential therapeutic target to ...

Study Demonstrates Efficacy of Iron Supplements for Children Living With HIV

Oct. 31, 2024 — A research team has found that giving iron supplements to children living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in sub-Saharan Africa could be an important first step in optimizing brain ...

Scientists Discover How Excessive Red Meat Consumption Increases Colorectal Cancer Risk

Oct. 23, 2024 — Scientists have uncovered a critical link between the overconsumption of red meat and an increased risk of colorectal cancer. Their findings pave the way for new therapeutic approaches targeting ...

Engineering Creates Molecules That Target Cancer-Causing Proteins

Oct. 22, 2024 — A new study describes the development of a biologic, a drug derived from natural biological systems, that targets a mutant cancer protein called HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) ...

Evolution in Action: How Ethnic Tibetan Women Thrive in Thin Oxygen at High Altitudes

Oct. 21, 2024 — New study reveals link between oxygen delivery and reproductive success among women living on the high Tibetan ...

Four in Five Pregnant Women in Ireland Are Iron Deficient by Third Trimester, Study Finds

Sep. 26, 2024 — Researchers have shown that over 80 percent of women are iron deficient by their third trimester. The findings raise concerns as the participants in the study were a low-risk and generally healthy ...

A Cure for Psoriasis: Could a Faulty Iron Hormone in the Skin Be the Key?

Sep. 26, 2024 — Scientists believe the hormone hepcidin, when produced in the skin, may be the root cause of psoriasis -- a chronic and sometimes debilitating skin disease that affects 2-3% of the global ...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea May Increase Risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Sep. 25, 2024 — Intermittent hypoxia caused by obstructive sleep apnea increased the susceptibility of mice to develop abdominal aortic aneurysms, researchers report in a new ...

Could GLP1RA Drugs Lower High Iron Levels?

Sep. 24, 2024 — Increased iron levels can be dangerous for those with type 2 ...

Study Identifies Link Between Prediabetes During Adolescence and Young Adulthood With the Likelihood of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

Sep. 24, 2024 — A new article finds that prediabetes before conception may significantly increase the likelihood of gestational diabetes during first ...

Discovering a New Fashion of Regulation in Red Blood Cell Production

Sep. 19, 2024 — A research team has discovered a mechanism in which blood stem cells respond to acute, severe anemia, through lipoprotein metabolism modification. It has been known how immediate erythroid precursors ...

Low Oxygen Levels in Tumors Could Enhance Some of the Body's Immune Responses Against Cancer

Sep. 19, 2024 — Researchers have found evidence that low oxygen levels in tumors could actually enhance some of the body's immune responses against cancer, in contrast with the general paradigm that hypoxia ...

Iron Given Through the Vein Corrects Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Pregnant Women Faster and Better Than Iron Taken by Mouth

Sep. 18, 2024 — Researchers found that a medicine called ferric carboxymaltose given in drip through the vein works faster and better than an iron tablet taken by mouth for the treatment of anaemia -- and it is as ...

Making Baby Food Safer: Arsenic and Cadmium Contamination Levels in Rice

Sep. 5, 2024 — Researchers found that flooded rice fields tend to have higher amounts of arsenic and lower amounts of cadmium while drier rice fields have lower amounts of arsenic and higher amounts of cadmium. The ...

Differences in Oxygen Physiology in People With Down Syndrome

Aug. 15, 2024 — A groundbreaking new study reports important differences in oxygen physiology and red blood cell function in individuals with Down ...

Over Half of Iron Deficiency Cases in Large Health System Still Unresolved at Three Years

Aug. 15, 2024 — Over half of people with iron deficiency were found to still have low iron levels three years after diagnosis, and among patients whose condition was effectively treated within that timeframe, they ...

Say 'Aah' and Get a Diagnosis on the Spot: Is This the Future of Health?

Aug. 13, 2024 — A computer algorithm has achieved a 98% accuracy in predicting different diseases by analyzing the color of the human tongue. The proposed imaging system can diagnose diabetes, stroke, anemia, ...