News tagged with artificial blood
The artificial pancreas that keeps tabs on sugar
(Medical Xpress)—Development of a sophisticated artificial pancreas holds potential to transform the lives of patients with Type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes
May 16, 2013 |
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New method improves ability to continuously measure glucose in diabetic patients
Researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Universitat de Girona have developed a new method for continuous glucose monitoring in patients with type 1 diabetes. It is based on a new calibration algorithm ...
Diabetes
May 08, 2013 |
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'Off-the-shelf' artificial blood vessels show promise
(HealthDay)—Artificial blood vessels may one day reduce some complications of dialysis treatment in people with kidney failure, according to the results of early research in animals.
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Apr 24, 2013 |
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Swine cells could power artificial liver
Chronic or acute, liver failure can be deadly. Toxins take over, the skin turns yellow and higher brain function slows.
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Feb 27, 2013 |
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In medicine, the future is light
Light, together with artificial intelligence systems that deliver fast, accurate analysis, has the potential to reshape the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Medical research
Feb 18, 2013 |
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Artificial platelets could treat injured soldiers on the battlefield
When it comes to healing the terrible wounds of war, success may hinge on the first blood clot – the one that begins forming on the battlefield right after an injury.
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Feb 15, 2013 |
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A leap forward in the quest to develop an artificial pancreas
A diabetes specialist and Artificial Intelligence expert have collaborated to test the prototype of an artificial pancreas. Should a planned clinical study and clinical trial support the excellent 'simulated' results obtained ...
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Nov 12, 2012 |
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Team finds a new way to inhibit blood clotting and inflammation
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have identified a group of small molecules that interfere with the activity of a compound that initiates multiple steps in blood clotting, including those that lead to the obstruction of veins ...
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Nov 06, 2012 |
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Adult stem cells from liposuction used to create blood vessels in the lab
Adult stem cells extracted during liposuction can be used to grow healthy new small-diameter blood vessels for use in heart bypass surgery and other procedures, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association's ...
Cardiology
Jul 25, 2012 |
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Vanderbilt-led team to develop 'microbrain' to improve drug testing
Take a millionth of a human brain and squeeze it into a special chamber the size of a mustard seed. Link it to a second chamber filled with cerebral spinal fluid and thread both of them with artificial blood ...
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Jul 24, 2012 |
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Scientists to study role-switching cells in heart failure
The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $2 million to a team of scientists from Washington University in St. Louis and InvivoSciences, a biotechnology startup with WUSTL roots, to construct artificial tissue ...
Cardiology
Jul 16, 2012 |
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ADA: Hypo-hyperglycemia minimizer system feasible
(HealthDay) -- The hypoglycemia-hyperglycemia minimizer (HHM) system, which includes a continuous, subcutaneous insulin infusion pump, continuous glucose monitor (CGM), and software, is able to predict changes ...
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Jun 12, 2012 |
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More progress made on artificial pancreas for diabetes patients
(HealthDay) -- Progress continues to be made on the development of an artificial pancreas, a device that would ease the burden of living with type 1 diabetes.
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Jun 10, 2012 |
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Japan team create liver from stem cells: report
Japanese researchers have created a functioning human liver from stemcells, a report said Friday, raising hopes for the manufacture of artificial organs for those in need of transplants.
Medical research
Jun 08, 2012 |
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Blood clot risk halved for patients checking their own Warfarin dose
(Medical Xpress) -- Patients who monitor their own treatment with warfarin or other blood-thinning drugs reduce their risk of developing blood clots by half, an Oxford University study has found.
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