Posts Tagged ‘blood’
Peptides kick-start body to fight sepsis
CARDIFF U. (UK) — Peptide molecules derived from the body’s natural immune system can help boost the body’s defense against life-threatening blood poisoning. Continue…
Thursday, May 16, 2013 20:46 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - May 15, 2013 16:06 - 1 Comment
Cow blood prevents globs of nano gold
RICE (US) — A protein from bovine blood can keep gold nanoparticles from clumping in a solution—a discovery that could lead to improved biomedical applications. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 7, 2013 9:06 - 1 Comment
Blood turns bat tongue into nectar ‘mop’
BROWN (US) — A species of bat uses blood flow to reshape its tongue while feeding—a quick, dynamic action that lets it scoop up as much nectar as possible in a single stroke. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 2, 2013 11:48 - 1 Comment
Algorithms find ‘hot networks’ in cancer
BROWN / WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Scientists have used two new algorithms to assemble the most complete genetic profile yet of an aggressive form of blood cancer. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 1, 2013 11:50 - 1 Comment
Proteins link blood clot trouble, immune system
RICE (US) — There’s an unexpected connection between a protein that triggers the formation of blood clots and other proteins that are key to the immune system, say researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 18, 2013 11:55 - 1 Comment
Threat of death gets more blood donors
U. VIRGINIA / NORTHWESTERN (US) — To motivate people to give blood, asking them to “prevent a death” works much better than “save a life,” new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 12, 2013 13:51 - 0 Comments
Why stale blood may put patients at risk
EMORY (US) — Using blood that is more than three weeks old in transfusions can have a negative effect on the way blood vessels function, a study of hospital patients shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 4, 2013 16:18 - 2 Comments
Donated blood may grow ‘stale’ quickly
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Donated blood stored longer than three weeks begins to lose capacity to deliver oxygen-rich red blood cells where they may be most needed, a study indicates. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 4, 2013 6:10 - 1 Comment
Infant brain controls blood flow differently
COLUMBIA U. (US) — The infant brain does not control its blood flow in the same way as the adult brain, researchers have discovered. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 7, 2013 11:15 - 1 Comment
How to thrive in thin air: It’s in the genes
CASE WESTERN (US) — Highlanders in Tibet and Ethiopia are both able to flourish in the low oxygen of high altitudes, but the ability to pass on the trait appears to be linked to different genes. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 26, 2012 12:30 - 0 Comments
After heart attack, are blood transfusions risky?
BROWN (US) — Blood transfusions may increase the risk of dying for anemic patients who have suffered a heart attack. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 10, 2012 15:17 - 1 Comment
As adults, sickle cell patients rely on ER
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — As patients with sickle cell disease outgrow pediatric health care, they rely more on the emergency room, according to new research. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 30, 2012 12:27 - 1 Comment
‘Stunningly clear’ view of blood vessels
STANFORD (US) — A new technique that uses carbon nanotubes and lasers allows researchers to view pulsing blood vessels of living animals with unprecedented clarity. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 9, 2012 12:36 - 0 Comments
Team ‘cuts’ chromosome from Down syndrome cells
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Scientists have successfully removed the extra copy of chromosome 21 in cell cultures derived from a person with Down syndrome. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 21, 2012 12:56 - 1 Comment
Half-match transplants may wipe out sickle cell
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Even partially matched bone marrow transplants can eliminate sickle cell disease in some patients, ridding them of debilitating symptoms and the need for pain medication and blood transfusions. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 12, 2012 10:58 - 0 Comments
Blood test to find ‘mad cow’ signatures
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — Signature particles in the blood stream make a simple test for mad cow disease a possibility. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 22, 2012 15:56 - 2 Comments
Blood cells coaxed back into stem cells
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Scientists now have an efficient, virus-free way to turn adult blood cells back into stem cells for possible use in place of cells derived from human embryos. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 17, 2012 10:08 - 1 Comment
Bacteria clump up to infect bloodstream
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Scientists have built a device that simulates blood flow—and used it to discover that bacteria literally stick together to infect the blood.
Health & Medicine - Aug 6, 2012 12:08 - 3 Comments
Kidney transplant: Blood condition raises kids’ risk
UC DAVIS (US) — For children receiving kidney transplants, a potentially correctable blood condition is associated with a moderately increased risk of the graft’s later failure. (more…)
