Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This video is a compilation of two microscopy videos showing blood vessels (pictured in green) in a mouse bone marrow. The first video shows blood vessels in a healthy bone, while the second shows a bone marrow with acute myeloid leukemia (pictured in red).
These microscopy videos are part of landmark research by WEHI and La Trobe University that has found a potential new diagnostic marker that could be used to better detect the level of tissue damage in our bodies.
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small ‘delivery trucks’ released by our cells that deliver important materials to other cells to aid cellular communication. This study revealed, for the first time, a link between levels of EVs in the blood and tissue damage caused by diseases such as leukaemia.
Researchers hope to leverage the critical new insight to develop a blood test to monitor cancer patients with tissue damage, which could, in future, enhance treatment strategies for blood cancers and other diseases.
Find out more: https://www.wehi.edu.au/news/cellular-couriers-bodys-delivery-trucks-could-lead-to-new-cancer-blood-test/
This video is a compilation of two microscopy videos showing blood vessels (pictured in green) in a mouse bone marrow. The first video shows blood vessels in a healthy bone, while the second shows a bone marrow with acute myeloid leukemia (pictured in red).
These microscopy videos are part of landmark research by WEHI and La Trobe University that has found a potential new diagnostic marker that could be used to better detect the level of tissue damage in our bodies.
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small ‘delivery trucks’ released by our cells that deliver important materials to other cells to aid cellular communication. This study revealed, for the first time, a link between levels of EVs in the blood and tissue damage caused by diseases such as leukaemia.
Researchers hope to leverage the critical new insight to develop a blood test to monitor cancer patients with tissue damage, which could, in future, enhance treatment strategies for blood cancers and other diseases.
Find out more: https://www.wehi.edu.au/news/cellular-couriers-bodys-delivery-trucks-could-lead-to-new-cancer-blood-test/
