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Calreticulin in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: The Other Side of the Alice Mirror

Calreticulin (CALR), a Ca2+ binding protein mostly localised in the endoplasmic reticulum, regulates Ca2+ homeostasis, chaperones, and other proteins to…

Iron Supplementation for Perioperative Anaemia in Patient Blood Management

In patients undergoing major surgical procedures, preoperative anaemia and perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion (ABT) have been linked to increased…

Looking Back To Our Roots: 80 Years of Wintrobe’s Indices

This year (2014) we are celebrating the 80th anniversary of Dr Maxwell Myer Wintrobe’s pioneer works, one of the most important contributions in clinical…

EMJ Hematology 2.1 2014

Welcome to the European Medical Journal – Hematology 2014 edition.

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What’s Wrong with Modern Medicine?

Despite not knowing much about biology, and being able to successfully treat very few diseases, doctors in the 19th century were held in very high regard.

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Blood Test for Cancer Shows Promise

A universal blood test to detect cancer developed by scientists at the UK’s University of Bradford is showing promise in trials, raising hopes for…

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New Treatment Option for CLL Patients with Poorest Prognosis

Patients with a particularly difficult-to-treat form of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia have gained access to a new treatment option in the US…

Osteoarthritis: The Challenge of Establishing a Personalised Treatment

The symposium, co-chaired by Prof Johanne Martel-Pelletier and Prof Antonello Pietrangelo, opened with a discussion of metabolic syndrome-associated…

Innate Immunity in Systemic Sclerosis – Role of Toll-Like Receptors, Interferon, and the Potential Impact of Vitamin D

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune disease in which vascular damage and immune activation leads to excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix…

Idiopathic Scoliosis

Idiopathic scoliosis (IS) is a lifetime condition and is defined as a structural, lateral rotated curvature of the spine of >10° on standing coronal…