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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.

'Next-Gen' blood test could spot spread of cancer more effectively

Washington, Feb 3 (ANI): Researchers have successfully demonstrated the efficacy of an advanced blood test for detecting and analysing circulating tumour cells (CTCs)-breakaway cells from patients' solid tumours- of cancer patients.

Blood cell therapy works for nasopharyngeal cancer: Study

Scientists from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research have made a breakthrough in the treatment of throat cancer. The researchers have developed a therapy that uses a patient's blood to grow special white blood cells that recognize and fight infected cancer cells. The results of this study have been published in the journal Cancer Research.

Handheld device for doing blood tests moves closer to medical use

Scientists are reporting a key advance in efforts to develop a handheld device that could revolutionize the complete blood cell count (CBC), one of the most frequently performed blood tests used to diagnose and treat disease. In a report in ACS' journal Analytical Chemistry, they describe adding a key feature to their "blood lab-on-a-chip" that allows it to count white blood cells more accurately.

Exposure to common environmental bacteria may be source of some allergic inflammation

( Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology ) Could some cases of asthma actually be caused by an allergic reaction to a common environmental bacteria? New research findings published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that this idea may not be as far-fetched as it seems.

Simple blood test may provide early diagnosis of Alzheimer's

Washington, Jan 26 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a new promising way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease more accurately by analysing white blood cells.

A donor for Jonathon

Just weeks after starting his sophomore year at Parlier High School, Jonathon “Bradley” Gallardo, 15, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Could Alzheimer's disease be diagnosed with a simple blood test?

( Springer ) Spanish researchers have uncovered a new promising way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease more accurately. Their technique, which is noninvasive, fast and low-cost, measures how much infrared radiation is either emitted or absorbed by white blood cells. Because of its high sensitivity, this method is able to distinguish between the different clinical stages of disease development ...

One-in-a-billion blood cell donor for sick Russian teenager is back in hospital

A WOMAN who was the world’s only bone marrow match for a sick Russian teenager is returning to hospital to donate white blood cells to help him continue his fight against leukaemia.

Woman returns to hospital to provide one-in-a-billion blood cell donation for sick Russian teenager

A WOMAN who was the world’s only bone marrow match for a sick Russian teenager is returning to hospital to donate white blood cells to help him continue his fight against leukaemia.