Proteins in milk and blood could one day let doctors detect breast cancer earlier, and save lives
Doctors may someday be able to use bodily fluids to noninvasively detect breast cancer in patients earlier than is possible now.
Mar 16, 2024
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Fluids and Secretions: News and Research on Blood
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Novel blood metabolite biomarkers linked to Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and affects memory and thinking in the elderly. With a projected global increase in the number of affected individuals, reaching an estimated 152.8 million by 2050, ...
Feb 13, 2024
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Untrained bystanders can administer drone-delivered naloxone, potentially saving lives of opioid overdose victims
An onlooker—even one without prior training—can successfully administer naloxone to an overdose victim within about a minute of a drone delivering the lifesaving opioid reversal agent. That's the key finding of my team's ...
Jan 23, 2024
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American Red Cross issues urgent plea for blood donations
The American Red Cross has declared a national blood shortage emergency as donations plummet to the lowest levels seen in 20 years.
Jan 9, 2024
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Keeping the 'warm glow' of giving going significantly boosts repeat blood donations
New research has shown that boosting the "warm glow" feeling that people experience after giving blood significantly increases repeat blood donations, which are essential for the effective running of any health service.
Sep 14, 2023
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Multidrug-resistant bacterium emerging in community settings
New "hypervirulent" strains of the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae have emerged in healthy people in community settings, prompting a National Institutes of Health research group to investigate how the human immune system ...
Sep 6, 2023
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Microplastics found in human heart tissues, both before and after surgical procedures
Everywhere scientists look for microplastics, they've found them—food, water, air and some parts of the human body. But examinations of our innermost organs that aren't directly exposed to the environment are still limited. ...
Aug 9, 2023
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Umbilical cord white blood cells developed to advance cancer treatment
A team led by researchers from Department of Hematology and Department of Molecular Pathology, Singapore General Hospital (SGH) have developed a platform to harness and enhance the innate ability of white blood cells from ...
Jul 27, 2023
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Sticky, slippery, water repellent channels form maze-like, gravity-powered biomedical devices
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed an entirely new approach to building point-of-care diagnostic devices that only use gravity to transport, mix and otherwise manipulate the liquid droplets involved. The ...
Jul 13, 2023
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FDA approves cord blood stem cell product for blood cancer patients
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Omisirge (omidubicel-onlv), a substantially modified allogeneic cord blood-based cell therapy, to cut the risk of infection in patients with blood cancer following a myeloablative ...
Apr 24, 2023
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