Extended RBC storage linked to reduced risk of transplant failure in kidney transplant recipients
“In this study, longer RBC storage duration [MORE]
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Ischemic stroke
rom researchers at the University of Oslo: “we hypothesized that FSAP [Factor VII activating protease] can be used as [MORE]
Microscopic image of lab-grown RBC
From the National Health Service, UK: “Red blood cells that have been grown in a laboratory [MORE]
Mice grew significantly more new muscle fibers, shown as pink “donut” shapes
From bioengineers at the University of California Berkeley: “using [MORE]
Freeze-dried Blood
Ultrasound, in a process called sonoporation, can deliver molecules across a plama membrane, such as that surrounding a red [MORE]
Turbulence activates platelets
In this case, the “martini” is both shaken and stirred. Japanese stem cell scientists that “turbulence” in a [MORE]
Blood Transfusion
Many of our readers are opportunity-minded, i.e. innovators looking for something to make better. And, there’s hardly a medical [MORE]
Microfluidic Device for Thawing Blood
Red blood cells stored for transfusion are rarely frozen because they take too long to thaw [MORE]
O-Negative Blood
Sometime in 2016, the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service expects to begin clinical trials of lab-grown Type O-negative [MORE]
Hemanext
Blood banking is big business in healthcare, and one of its challenges is maintaining donated blood’s shelf life. The FDA [MORE]
Blood Typer
How many blood types exist? There’s the ABO group, and Rhesus +/-; then, Duffy, Kidd, Diego and Lutheran, [MORE]
Blood Transfusion
US healthcare uses about 14 million units of blood annually, which the Department of Health and Human Services [MORE]
Blood banks store blood for up to 42 days, but studies in England show that transfused blood older than [MORE]