POSTS TAGGED AS Blood

First Transfusion of Cultured Blood

Despite almost a quarter century of being able to isolate blood progenitor stem cells, it wasn’t until last summer [MORE]

Magnetic Nanoparticles for Blood Cleansing

Researchers at the University of Zurich have developed and tested antibody-coated magnetic nanoparticles that can capture several harmful contaminants [MORE]

“ZIP Coding” the Human Vascular System

Realizing that the vascular system is not a simple set of different sized pipes, researchers at the MD Anderson [MORE]

Stamping Out Lab Chips

Besides the $1,000 genome sequence, wouldn’t it be nice to have a ten cent medical lab-on-a-chip that could diagnose [MORE]

Optical Fractionation of Blood

During World War II, Edwin Cohn developed the blood fractionation method that separated serum albumin, saving thousands of lives. Ever [MORE]

New Blood Protein Diagnostics

Aptamers are oligonucleic acids or peptides that bind with specific molecules, and their existence has been known for about [MORE]

POC Device for Blood Clotting

A UK point-of-care device maker, Microvisk Technologies (St. Asaph, Wales), has demonstrated the effectiveness of a hand-held blood clotting [MORE]

Blood Management Programs

US healthcare uses about 14 million units of blood annually, which the Department of Health and Human Services believes [MORE]

Testing Quality in Stored Blood

Blood banks store blood for up to 42 days, but studies in England show that transfused blood older than [MORE]

Molecular Key to Hematopoiesis

Investigators at Australia’s oldest medical research facility-the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (founded in 1915)-have added new knowledge about [MORE]

Circulating Tumor Cells, Alternative to Biopsy?

Capturing circulating tumor cells not only could be an alternative to taking a biopsy, their detection could hold earlier diagnosis [MORE]

Laser Vein Finder

Veinipuncture is the most common invasive medical procedure and it can take multiple sticks to hit the vein’s centerline.  [MORE]

Blood Test for Alzheimer’s

“Peptoids” is the term Thomas Kodadek of the Scripps Research Institute uses to signify synthesized molecules with random shapes [MORE]

Genetic Cures Before Birth

Hematopoietic stem cell transplants in utero have potential for “curing” genetic diseases before birth.  In 1995, Drs. Alan Flake [MORE]

Laser Imaging of Circulating Blood

Using two lasers that excite specific molecules in the skin, a Harvard team has been able to image blood [MORE]

Forensic Blood Test for Age Determination

So far, there is no DNA marker for age, but Dutch researchers have found a way to estimate age [MORE]

Autologous Platelet Concentrator

Heart, joint, and dental surgeries often involved substantial blood loss, which calls for transfusion.  To lessen the need for [MORE]

Automated Blood Counter

Combining digital image processing and a microscope, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits in Germany have developed [MORE]

Blood Chemistry Analyzer in the Palm of Your Hand

Radisens Diagnostics (Cork, Ireland) appears ready to begin manufacturing and marketing a hand-held blood analyzer, relying on photonic detection [MORE]

New High Speed Automated Blood Analyzer

Bio-Rad’s (Hercules, CA) new blood screening instrument “offers full automation, integrated QC and validation, intuitive software, and walk-away convenience [MORE]