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
Blood
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Matter of blood
Surgeries that are planned in advance, may soon be performed without the need for blood transfusions<br>
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Pigs to the rescue
Genetically engineered pigs would produce the human blood-clotting protein factor 8 in their milk. Administration of the protein is very important to haemophilia patients. Haemophilia is an
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Large hearted men
Blood donation may reduce the risk of heart attack in men, say researchers at the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kansas University Medical Center, USA. A study conducted on blood donors and
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The tongue that heals
Experiments have confirmed that licking a wound promotes healing and reduces bacterial contamination. A recently published report says that it also helps reduce pain and stop bleeding. Saliva
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The clot and the pill
Women using latest versions of birth control pills stand a higher risk of developing blood clots
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Blood from animals
ppl therapeutics, the Scottish firm that last year helped Edinburgh's Roslin Institute clone Dolly the sheep, is developing a chemical technology to alter the plasma (the pale yellow
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Malarial parasite
A new method of treating or preventing malaria has come to light with the discovery of the protein that makes the disease lethal. The parasite Plasmodium falciparum , that causes cerebral malaria,
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Thicker than blood
A polymer coating might be the answer to the perpetual paucity of blood for transfusion
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Mimicking nature
A new product can be used to fabricate anti blood clot linings in artificial blood tubes
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Universal blood type
RESEARCHERS from the Albany Medical Centre (AMC) in New York, have devised a new technique which will lead to a blood type that would be compatible with all blood types. They have developed a