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  i(17)(q10) In this case as well, the patient has only a single short arm of chromosome 17, but has three long arms of chromosome 17 together. This abnormality is often found in CML or CML blastic crisis, and is a common abnormality during the period when the disease progresses from CML to blastic crisis, but it can also be found as a sole abnormality in AML and […]

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  “Leukemia”, or “lukemia”, is an abnormality arising from the bone marrow. “Blood” contains 3 types of blood cells: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. In greater detail, blood cells that have matured can perform their functions…“Red blood cells function to capture oxygen from the lungs and deliver it to various parts of the body; white blood cells function like soldiers…fighting and defending; and platelets stop bleeding when bleeding occurs.” Prof. Dr. Surapol Issaragrisil, Senior Director of the Bangkok Hematology Center, Wattanosoth Hospital, says that normally all three types of blood cells are produced in a factory located in the bone marrow. […]

 

  Researchers isolate cells implicated with breast cancer-derived brain tumors NEWS   Dec 03, 2015           Researchers from the Houston Methodist Research Institute have […]

Breastfeeding in newborns with Down syndrome November 22, 2015 OB-GYN   Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pawin Puapornpong            Nowadays, women marry and have children later, with the age of marriage or childbearing rising. When a mother is over 35 years old, the risk of having a child with Down syndrome increases with age. Although Down syndrome can be diagnosed in a fetus during pregnancy, some mothers may choose to care for the baby even if the baby has Down syndrome. Babies in this group have reduced muscle strength, and stimulating milk by sucking from the breast does not work well.  Feeding from the breast may be tiring and the baby may not get enough milk. In addition, abnormalities of the heart or kidneys may also be found. Therefore, breastfeeding in babies with Down syndrome […]

  Vitamin E and Prostate Cancer in Healthy Men   A paper published recently from the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) in the Journal […]

  Telomere Changes Predict Cancer Changes in chromosomes years before cancer diagnosis could yield biomarker to predict cancer April 30, 2015 | By Marla Paul CHICAGO — […]