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Donna Gilbride explains her journey through diagnosis and treatment with MDS, or
Myelodysplastic Syndromes
Myelodysplastic Syndromes:
(my-eh-lo-diss-PLASS-tik SIN-dromez) A group of disorders where the bone marrow does not work well, and the bone marrow cells fail to make enough healthy blood cells. Myelo refers to the bone marrow. Dysplastic means abnormal growth or development.…
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Dr. Satheesh Chonat explains how pediatric patients with PNH, or
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria:
(par-uk-SIZ-muhl nok-TURN-uhl hee-muh-gloe-buh-NYOOR-ee-uh) A rare and serious blood disease that causes red blood cells to break apart. Paroxysmal means sudden and irregular. Nocturnal means at night. Hemoglobinuria means hemoglobin in the…
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Pediatric nurse to medical student to patient? This was Claire's life. Listen to her story here.
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Thanks to the efforts of our AAMDSIF
bone marrow failure
bone marrow failure:
A condition that occurs when the bone marrow stops making enough healthy blood cells. The most common of these rare diseases are aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). Bone marrow failure can be acquired (begin any time in life) or can be…
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Eltrombopag
Eltrombopag:
What are the possible side effects of eltrombopag (Promacta)?
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Stop using eltrombopag and call your doctor at once if you have:
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combined with IST demonstrated a trend towards a favorable…
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Treg-engineered donor graft prevents acute and chronic GVHD.
Patients treated with Treg-engineered graft who develop GVHD respond to primary corticosteroid therapy at a high rate.
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Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation is a curative therapy limited by
graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)
graft-versus-host disease (GVHD):
Also called GVHD, it is a common…
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After a long battle with illness and seeking many specialists, I emphasize the need to self-advocate for ongoing care following my cancer diagnosis.
Almost every cancer survivor will agree that we end up going to too many doctors. A friend of mine with both cancer and diabetes has added up that he has 14 of them! I wrote an article for CURE titled “Doctors and More Doctors – A Way of Life for…
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Flow cytometry
Flow cytometry:
(sy-TOM-uh-tree) A laboratory test that gives information about cells, such as size, shape, and percentage of live cells. Flow cytometry is the test doctors use to see if there are any proteins missing from the surface of blood cells. It is the standard test for confirming a diagnosis of paroxysmal…
enhances morphological analysis to detect AML…
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The role of ABO blood group system mismatch on allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo-HCT) outcomes is controversial since current publications of large datasets are lacking. We retrospectively analyzed 30,487 patients transplanted between 2010 and 2021 using the EBMT registry to assess ABO incompatibility’s effect on non-relapse mortality (NRM), overall survival (OS),…
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Aplastic Anemia
Aplastic Anemia:
(ay-PLASS-tik uh-NEE_mee-uh) A rare and serious condition in which the bone marrow fails to make enough blood cells - red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. The term aplastic is a Greek word meaning not to form. Anemia is a condition that happens when red blood cell count is low. Most…
and MDS International Foundation joined 156 other…
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Join us in Verona Park, NJ on Sunday, September 28, 2025 for a day of remembrance and awareness in celebration of the 19th Annual Walk for PNH.
The Walk for PNH is the nation's largest event to raise awareness and funds for PNH education and research. This inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to join in the fight against PNH.
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Hypomethylating agent (HMA) plus
venetoclax
venetoclax:
Venetoclax is used to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic leukemia in adults. Venetoclax is used alone or in combination with other cancer medicines to treat these conditions.
(VEN) regimens are standard of care in patients with
acute myeloid leukemia
acute myeloid leukemia:
(uh-KYOOT my-uh-…
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In this explorative study we aimed to identify inflammatory serum proteins measured before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) that are associated with acute Graft-versus-Host Disease (aGvHD) and mortality in pediatric HSCT recipients. We measured 28 inflammatory serum proteins in 384 pediatric patients (2010–2022) with malignant (30%) and non-malignant (70%)…
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SRSF2 mutations blunt responsiveness of MDS cells to IFN stimulation and promote their clonal fitness by downregulating STAT1 expression
Proteasome inhibition restores STAT1 protein level and sensitivity of SRSF2-mutant MDS cells to IFN, suggesting a new therapeutic strategy
Myelodysplastic syndromes
Myelodysplastic syndromes:
(my-eh-lo-diss-PLASS-tik SIN-dromez) A group…
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Dissecting the preneoplastic disease states’ biological mechanisms that precede tumorigenesis can lead to interventions that can slow down disease progression and/or mitigate disease-related comorbidities.
Myelodysplastic syndromes
Myelodysplastic syndromes:
(my-eh-lo-diss-PLASS-tik SIN-dromez) A group of disorders where the bone marrow does not work well, and the bone marrow…
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AAMDSIF Joins Coalition Urging the Administration to Preserve our Nation’s Newborn Screening Program
A coalition of 272 organizations signed a public letter to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, addressing the decision to eliminate the Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children (ACHDNC). While each state may add on additional screenings, this Committee ensured standardized measurements and procedures, to endure early detection of newborn…
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AAMDSIF Supports the Accelerating Kids' Access to Care Act.
On March 26, 2025, AAMDSIF joined with 212 additional patient advocacy and medical center organizations in urging members of the US Congress to pass the Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act.
Passage of this bill will permit faster, more thorough care, for children with complex medical conditions.
Please view the PDF below.
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Veronica learned that delaying treatment was not a good idea.
That delay nearly ended her life.
In 2018, Veronica was a busy mom, working full time, leaving the house at 5:30 a.m., returning at 5:30 p.m. She stayed healthy by working and staying active. She is a busy mom of two young children, and all the normal activities of modern life. One day, she thought she caught a bad flu, so…
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Patients (pts) with myelodysplasia-related AML (MR-AML) are now genetically recategorized, with three different groups in the International Consensus Classification: AML with mutated TP53 (TP53-AML), with myelodysplasia-related gene mutations (MR-GM AML), and with myelodysplasia-related cytogenetic abnormalities (MR-CG AML). Moreover, TP53-AML is determined by the presence of an…
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A study of human lung samples reveals a potent new source of hematopoietic stem cells, which make red blood cells, platelets and immune cells.
By Levi Gadye
Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to every other organ, and blood-forming
stem cells
stem cells:
Cells in the body that develop into other cells. There are two main sources of stem cells. Embryonic stem cells come…
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