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Consumer Health: Blood donation saves lives; are you a donor?
January is National Blood Donor Month, which makes this a good time to become a blood donor.
Jan 20, 2022
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Medical economics
Sperm donation is largely unregulated, but that could soon change as lawsuits multiply
When Wendy and Janet Norman decided to have a baby, they went sperm shopping through Xytex Corp., a sperm bank.
Jan 19, 2022
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Health
Could social media provide solution to blood shortage?
The Red Cross is managing the worst blood shortage in more than a decade. There are a variety of reasons, but the question remains: what can be done to get more people to give? Bernard Appiah, assistant professor of public ...
Jan 19, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New graft strategy may improve outcomes for blood stem cell recipients
Removing one type of T cell from donor blood used for stem cell grafts could greatly reduce a serious complication called graft-versus-host disease in patients with leukemia, according to a new study.
Jan 10, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New drug combo may improve family-donated stem cells as blood cancer treatment
A drug combination can safely prevent transplanted stem cells (graft) from attacking the recipient's (host) body, allowing them to develop into healthy new blood and immune cells, a new study shows.
Dec 13, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Effects of methyl donors on hippocampal oxidative stress, depression and anxiety
Oxidative stress is a condition resulting from an imbalance between the generation of reactive oxygen species (i.e., molecules containing oxygen with an uneven number of electrons) and the ability of antioxidants (i.e., molecules ...
Medical research
Pandemic causes a drop in blood donations
There are implications of the health crisis about which little is known yet. The spread of COVID has put the Italian national health system under serious stress and caused the postponement of less urgent hospital operations ...
Oct 4, 2021
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Immunology
Link uncovered between genital warts and the immune system
New research presented today at the EADV 30th Congress reveals a link between genital warts and the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system—the part of the immune system which helps regulate immune responses. The findings ...
Oct 1, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Creating 'elite' antibodies at a pace that keeps up with pandemic, coronavirus variants
Japanese scientists created "elite" antibodies that defeat various coronavirus variants even at an extremely low dose through a new method that accelerated the months-long process of finding such extraordinary antibody candidates ...
Sep 27, 2021
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Pediatrics
Female blood donors linked to better outcomes for transfused preterm infants
Premature or very low birth weight infants often need transfusions of red blood cells (RBCs) while in the neonatal intensive care unit. New research from Emory and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta suggests that the sex of ...
Sep 6, 2021
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