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Tacio: Basics of blood
BLOOD is essential for good health because the body depends on a steady supply of fuel and oxygen to reach its billions of cells. Even the heart couldn’t survive without blood flowing through the vessels that bring nourishment to its muscular walls.
CBS urges blacks to donate blood, stem cells
Canadian Blood Services is marking Black History Month in a unique way.
Could your dog give life-saving blood?
WE know about the importance of giving blood to help human victims of illness and accident, but now there is a push for doggy donors to boost supplies at a Pet Blood Bank.
Blacks urged to donate blood, stem cells
An urgent shortage of blood and stem cells in the black community is costing lives, Canada's blood agency warns.
Anemic patients 3 times likelier to die after stroke
London, Feb 3 (ANI): Being anemic could more than triple your risk of dying within a year after having a stroke, say researchers.
Fundamental malaria discovery: How parasites target proteins to surface of red blood cells
Researchers have made a fundamental discovery in understanding how malaria parasites cause deadly disease. The researchers show how parasites target proteins to the surface of the red blood cell that enables sticking to and blocking blood vessels. Strategies that prevent this host-targeting process will block disease.
Ongoing UI study suggests red blood cells may be inherited
A group of University of Iowa researchers hopes to help increase the shelf life of blood. Currently, blood for transfusions and other treatments is good for only 42 days. To study whether longer-lasting blood is inherited, researchers are enlisting the help of 14 sets of twins.
Quotient Receives FDA License to Sell a Full Range of Reagent Red Blood Cell Products in the USA
Quotient Biodiagnostics, Inc. , a supplier of innovative and high-quality transfusion diagnostic products to hospitals, blood banks and other healthcare institutions, is
Hospitals and Trama Centers Need Blood
Blood doesn’t stay good for long...in fact red blood cells are the first part of the blood to go bad. Since donated blood's shelf life only lasts about forty days...trauma centers need a constant supply on hand.
SP Scientific Announces Freeze Drying Of Human Red Blood Cells
Presented by Dr Kevin Ward from Biopharma Technology Ltd. - the 24th January 2012 webinar examines a study which discusses and shows how red blood cells can be successfully freeze dried and rehydrated with minimal degradation.