10Feb/15

Size of Biomarker Associated With Improved Survival Following Transplantation – Newswise (press release)

Size of Biomarker Associated With Improved Survival Following Transplantation
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Newswise — Among patients with severe aplastic anemia who received stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor, longer leukocyte (white blood cells) telomere length (a structure at the end of a chromosome) was associated with increased overall
Donor leukocyte telomere length linked to transplantation outcomes in aplastic Healio

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10Feb/15

Low-dose iron supplementation improves hemoglobin recovery after blood … – Healio

Low-dose iron supplementation improves hemoglobin recovery after blood
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Researchers assigned 111 participants — 51 with low ferritin and 60 with high ferritin — to receive 37.5 mg ferrous gluconate daily for 168 days after blood donation. The other 104 participants — 50 with low ferritin and 54 with high ferritin

10Feb/15

Study shows iron supplementation after blood donation shortens hemoglobin … – National Institutes of Health (press release)


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Study shows iron supplementation after blood donation shortens hemoglobin
National Institutes of Health (press release)
A National Institutes of Health-funded study comparing low dose iron supplementation to no supplementation in blood donors found that supplementation significantly reduced the time to recovery of post-donation lost iron and hemoglobin — an iron-rich …
Iron supplementation improves hemoglobin recovery time following blood donationMedical Xpress
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10Feb/15

Iron supplementation improves hemoglobin recovery time following blood donation – Medical Xpress

Iron supplementation improves hemoglobin recovery time following blood donationMedical XpressAmong blood donors with normal hemoglobin levels, low-dose oral iron supplementation, compared with no supplementation, reduced the time to recovery of the pos…