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Blood and lymphatic system allow for gasses, minerals and other nutrients to freely flow throughout your body. Filling miles of carefully calibrated vessels, blood is a complex mixture of proteins, water and several different types of cells including Red Blood Cells (RBC) and White Blood Cells (WBC). Generally, conditions arising from blood are very serious and can also affect other systems.Blood & Lymphatic News
FDA Approves First Generic Enoxaparin Sodium Injection to Prevent Deep Vain ThrombosisDec 31 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first generic version of Lovenox (enoxaparin sodium injection), an anti-coagulant drug used to prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a potenti... Read more »
FDA Approves New Indication for Tasigna (nilotinib)
Jul 23 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new indication for Tasigna (nilotinib) for the treatment of a ra... Read more »
FDA Approves Rituxan (Rituximab) to Treat Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Jun 18 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Rituxan (rituximab) to treat certain patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a slowly progressing blood and bone marrow cancer. Ritux... Read more »
Lenalidomide (Revlimid) Extends Disease-Free Survival in Multiple Myeloma
Feb 18 - Initial results from a large, randomized clinical trial for patients with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, showed that patients who received the oral drug lenalidomide (Revl... Read more »
Risk of Pancreatic Cancer Linked to Variation in Gene that Determines Blood Type
Jan 4 - Common variants of the gene that determines human blood type are associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a study by scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), p... Read more »
The NHLBI Halts Study of Concentrated Saline for Patients with Shock Due to Lack of Survival Benefit
Sep 16 - The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health has stopped a clinical trial studying the benefits and safety of administering a highly concentrated form ... Read more »
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