The increasingly common practice of using a synthetic form of the hormone EPO to maintain normal red blood cell levels in chronic kidney disease patients may increase cardiovascular risks, according ...

Kyoto – A research team at Kyoto University has revealed characteristic behaviors of erythropoietin (Epo)-producing cells. Epo is a hormone produced by the kidney that stimulates red blood cell ...

The hormone erythropoietin (Epo) is a well-known doping substance that has a history of abuse in endurance sports. In addition to promoting red blood cell production, Epo protects nerve cells from ...

John A. Moran Eye Center researchers continue to shed new light on the potential of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) to treat eye disease. EPO increases red blood cell production, and is already used ...

Erythropoietin, or Epo for short, is familiar from doping cases. But the body itself also produces this vital hormone. Now, for the first time, an international research team including UZH scientists ...

A research team at Kyoto University has revealed characteristic behaviors of erythropoietin (Epo)-producing cells. Epo is a hormone produced by the kidney that stimulates red blood cell production.

The important role of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO), which works to increase red blood cell production, in treating anemia has been known for decades. But as clinical trials examine EPO as a ...

Erythropoietin was no help for newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy already undergoing therapeutic hypothermia in the phase III HEAL trial. Combined death or neurodevelopmental impairment by ...

A study published in the Jan 16 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that erythropoietin treatment may not provide neuroprotection for extremely premature babies. This multicenter ...