Blood money
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the first successful human-to-human blood transfusion, conducted by James Blundell, an English obstetrician working just across the Thames from The Economist’s
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Highly-sensitive detection of Salmonella typhi in clinical blood samples by magnetic nanoparticle-based enrichment and in-situ measurement of isothermal amplification of nucleic acids
<p>Enteric fever continues to be a major cause of mortality and morbidity globally, particularly in poor resource settings. Lack of rapid diagnostic assays is a major driving factor for the empirical treatment
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Rwanda scheme shows saving lives can be as easy as getting blood from a drone
An ingenious drone delivery service known as “Uber for blood” has slashed the delivery time of life-saving medicine to remote regions of Rwanda from four hours to an average of half an hour. A partnership
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Nucleic acid amplification testing in Indian blood banks: A review with perspectives
<p>Nucleic acid amplification testing (NAT) is restricted to a few blood banks in India since 2008. This review was directed toward understanding NAT yield in different parts of the country and prevalence
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Poor functioning of hospitals' blood bank equipment heightens dengue concerns
An investigation by DNA found that the blood cell separator machine at Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital, is old and breaks down most of the time. As the city prepares for more showers in the coming week,
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Engineered isopeptide bond stabilized fibrin inspired nanoscale peptide based sealants for efficient blood clotting
<p>Designing biologically inspired nanoscale molecular assembly with desired functionality is a challenging endeavour. Here we report the designing of fbrin-inspired nanostructured peptide based sealants
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Nigeria: Severe Bleeding Drug Could Save Lives of Mothers in Nigeria- Study
An inexpensive and widely available drug could save the lives of one in three mothers who would otherwise bleed to death after childbirth, a study published in The Lancet has revealed. According to
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Cheap blood drug could prevent thousands of maternal deaths in developing world
A cheap and widely available drug could save the lives of one in three of the 100,000 new mothers who bleed to death after childbirth every year, mostly in poorer countries, according to the first study
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Sugar's 'tipping point' link to Alzheimer's disease revealed
For the first time a “tipping point” molecular link between the blood sugar glucose and Alzheimer’s disease has been established by scientists, who have shown that excess glucose damages a vital enzyme
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Prevalence and trends of transfusion transmitted infections among blood donors of blood bank attached to government hospital of South Gujarat, India
<p>Though the blood transfusion is lifesaving, it is never risk free and carries potential risk for transfusion transmitted infections (TTIs).The objective of present study is to assess the prevalence