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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Study of blood-transfusion services in Maharashtra and Gujarat states, India
<p>Blood-transfusion services are vital to maternal health because haemorrhage and anaemia are major causes of maternal death in South Asia. Unfortunately, due to continued governmental negligence, blood-transfusion
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Exposure of U.S. children to residential dust lead, 19992004: II. The contribution of lead-contaminated dust to children
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collected health, housing, and environmental data in a single integrated national survey for the first time in the United States in 1999
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Elevated human telomerase reverse transcriptase gene expression in blood cells associated with chronic arsenic exposure
Arsenic exposure is associated with human cancer. Telomerase-containing human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) can extend telomeres of chromosomes, delay senescence, and promote cell proliferation leading to tumorigenesis. The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of As on hTERT mRNA expression in humans and in vitro.
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3-D diagnosis
Blood test made easy with paper and adhesive tapes TESTING of blood for iron, glucose and protein levels is a time-consuming and costly affair requiring a series of chemical tests in a laboratory. Researchers from the Harvard University in US invented a device called the 3D
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Blood banks struggle to cope as dengue takes over city
The high incidence of dengue cases in the region has taken a toll on the city
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Blood grown in laboratory
Finally, scientists grow blood in lab. Blood donations could one day be a thing of the past
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Blood cells that help wounds heal also spread cancers
Chicago: Normal cells in the blood that play a role in healing wounds may also be creating the right conditions for cancer cells to spread, US researchers said. They said fibrocytes, blood cells derived from bone marrow, could explain how healthy cells become habitats for cancer.
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The Capital lags behind in voluntary blood donation
Bindu Shajan Perappadan According to the National Aids Control Organisation's report, blood donation in Delhi is a poor 29.3 per cent
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Scientists cut blood supply of cancer
Researchers, investigating how blood vessel growth keeps cancers alive, claim to have made a breakthrough that could boost the chances of successfully treating life-threatening tumours.
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Chinese contaminant found in 11 countries
FDA Officials Say They Have Found A Clear Link Between Tainted Heparin And 81 Deaths In US Gardiner Harris Washington: A contaminated blood thinner from China has been found in drug supplies in 11 countries, and federal officials said Monday they had discovered a clear link between the contaminant and severe reactions now associated with 81 deaths in the United States.