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Blood Counts Are Clues To Human Disease

Monday, October 12th, 2009 - 19:37:33 - Ehud Rattner

A new genome-wide association study published October 11 in Nature Genetics begins to uncover the basis of genetic variations in eight blood...

The Bloodbot Project
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 - Ehud Rattner
Collaboration between the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College in London, and its Mechatronics in...

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Blood Transfusion Study - Less is More

Thursday, August 6th, 2009 - 16:58:16 - Anuradha Menon

A new study suggests that blood transfusions for hospitalized cardiac patients should be a last resort because they double the risk of infection and...

Sequencing Unlocks Secret of Blood Parasites

Thursday, July 16th, 2009 - 14:57:36 - Anuradha Menon

Researchers have sequenced the genomes of two species of flatworm that cause the tropical disease schistosomiasis, revealing potential weaknesses...

Reprogramming Blood Cells and Stem Cells

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 - 19:36:05 - Ehud Rattner

In a recent study, U.S. researchers have reprogrammed cells found in circulating blood into cells that are molecularly and functionally...

Wearable Blood Pressure Sensor

Thursday, April 9th, 2009 - 18:24:35 - Anuradha Menon

High blood pressure is a common risk factor for heart attacks, strokes and aneurysms, so diagnosing and monitoring it are critically important...

Make Artificial Blood with Designer Proteins

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 - 16:39:02 - Anuradha Menon

No doubt proteins are complex. Most are “large” and full of interdependent branches, pockets and bends in their final folded structure. This...

Detecting Cancer when it's Barely There
Monday, March 23rd, 2009 - Anni Shaer Levitt
Scientists from Stanford University have developed a device that can scan blood and find signs of cancer, even at its...