SAN DIEGO -- A novel therapy for polycythemia vera (PCV) maintained stable hematocrit levels for as long as 2.5 years and significantly reduced use of phlebotomy, a small randomized trial showed. The ...

Takeda and Protagonist Therapeutics have submitted a new drug application to the FDA for rusfertide for adults with polycythemia vera.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Induction therapy with twice-weekly rusfertide helped patients with polycythemia vera achieve target hematocrit ...

Red Blood Cells (RBCs), also called erythrocytes, are one of the most important components of blood. They contain a protein called haemoglobin that helps carry oxygen from the lungs to other parts of ...

First off, let’s define hematocrit and the blood test that Jeanson failed. Blood can be broadly categorized as comprising liquid (mainly plasma) and solids (red blood cells that carry oxygen and white ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Red blood cell counts and hematocrit levels are higher for teens with insulin resistance as they age compared ...

man-injection-0316 The risk of hematocrit elevation may depend on testosterone therapy's route of administration, according to investigators. A rise in hematocrit levels occurs with 4 months of ...

Use of dried blood or dried matrix spotting for assessment of hematocrit has become a popular laboratory method. However, the procedure may adversely affect the hematocrit values and thus interfere ...

IN a previous communication 1 mention was made of a device for rapidly and accurately reading the relative length of the packed red-cell column in the ungraduated capillary tubes used in the Guest and ...