Archive for the 'Blood' Category
The Blood Type Mystery
How many diets can you list on both hands? How many have been best sellers and fizzled out in a short moment to be replaced by the newest fad? How can one diet be created to help all individuals?
I worked side by side with an individual once who had multiple allergies, a weight problem, and ailme…
NIH Hydroxyurea Treatment For Sickle Cell Disease Conference, Feb. 25-27
For many patients, the pain and complications associated with sickle cell disease can have a profound affect on their quality of life, ability to work, and long-term health and well-being. Unfortunately, these challenges are often coupled with meaningful barriers to care. Hydroxyurea is an FDA-appro…
Pyng Medical Receives US FDA Clearance
Pyng Medical Corp. (TSX VENTURE:PYT) announced the Company has received Special 510(K) regulatory clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to market its new and improved version of the award-winning FAST1TM Intraosseous (IO) Infusion System all through the US, effective immediately. FAST1…
University Of Leicester Scientists Develop New Techniques For Detecting Harmful Blood Clots/Air Bubbles In Arteries
New techniques for detecting emboli (harmful blood clots/air bubbles in arteries) developed at the University of Leicester have played a major role in dramatically reducing stroke rates after carotid endarterectomy. that is an operation designed to remove narrowings in the main arteries supplying …
High Percentage Of Blood Disorder Patients Were Cured Or Achieved Remission When Treated With Stem Cells From Their Own Cord Blood Or A Sibling’s
In a retrospective review of blood disorder patients treated with stem cells from their own cord blood (autologous transplant) or from the cord blood of a sibling (allogeneic-related transplant), the majority of the patients were cured or achieved remission from their disease, according to a report …
Marshfield Clinic Discovers Gene Variant Which Will Significantly Enhance The Accuracy Of Molecular Tests For Warfarin Metabolism
Following the exclusive license of the warfarin biomarker, 4F2, by the Marshfield Clinic to Osmetech in November 2007, the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, led by Michael D. Caldwell, M.D., Ph.D., has an editorial published in the peer-reviewed journal, Blood Online, entitled “CYP4F2 genetic v…
The Key To Curing Hemophilia A May Lie In Transplanted Cells
Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown for the first date that transplanted cells can cure hemophilia A (the most common design of the disease) in an animal model. Their study appears online February 14 in the Journal of Clinical exploration.Hemophilia…
Hemo Concepts To Launch Integrated Blood Conservation Program At Texas Heart Institute
Hemo Concepts, Inc. announced its agreement with St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Houston, TX, to implement the company’s Integrated Blood Conservation Program at the Texas Heart Institute. The Texas Heart Institute was founded by Dr. Denton A. Cooley in 1962 as a nonprofit organization committed to…
CLSI Publishes Guideline For The Collection, Transport, And Processing Of Blood Specimens For Coagulation Assays
The reliability and accuracy of coagulation analysis results depend upon a variety of variables, including anticoagulant volume and concentration, type of tube additive, duration and temperature of specimen storage, and surface of containers used for specimen collection and storage.Original post by …
Clavis Pharma Successfully Completes Clinical Phase I Study In Haematology
Clavis Pharma (OSE: CLAVIS) announced that an vital milestone has been reached in its haematology program with ELACYT(TM). The phase I part of the ongoing clinical phase I/II study within haematological cancers has been successfully completed. The maximal tolerated dose (MTD) has been determined and…
How Red Blood Cells Nuke Their Nuclei
Unlike the rest of the cells in your body, your red blood cells lack nuclei. That quirk dates back to the moment when mammals began to evolve. Other vertebrates such as fish, reptiles, and birds, have red cells that contain nuclei that are inactive. Losing the nucleus enables the red blood cell to c…













