Echinocytes are also called burr cells. The treatment for poikilocytosis ... marrow transplant to treat their condition. People with liver disease may require a transplant, while those with ...

Treatment can be long-term for poikilocytosis caused by sickle cell disease or thalassemia. It may include blood transfusions or bone marrow transplants. Other causes such as liver disease may ...

The liver has a unique structure, especially at the level of individual cells. Hepatocytes, the main liver cells, release ...

Yale researchers are providing new insights into how physical forces, such as cells being compressed in physically ...

A new model of liver regeneration: Switch causes mature liver cells to revert back to stem cell-like state Date: June 5, 2014 Source: Harvard University Summary: Scientists have new evidence in ...

Researchers from Columbia University and the German Cancer Center have found that stellate cells—star-shaped liver cells long ...

Today, LyGenesis announced that an initial volunteer has received an injection of donor cells to turn one of their lymph nodes into a second liver. The procedure was carried out in Houston on ...

A new technique tested in mice can convert cells that drive liver disease (red) into healthy new liver cells capable of regenerating the damaged liver (dark green). Image by the Willenbring Lab ...

HHMI researchers solve a longstanding mystery about the origin of new cells in the liver. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) scientists have identified stem cells in the liver that give rise to ...

Because metastatic cancer cells circulate in the blood, the liver -- which filters the blood -- is considered the most vulnerable organ, so treatments that prevent liver metastasis are urgently ...

This suggests these cells may be useful as new therapeutic targets for various liver conditions. The work appears in the journal Immunity. The specific functions of these cells in the context of ...