The brain is one of the body’s most energy-demanding organs, accounting for 2 percent of the body’s weight but consuming 20 ...

The World Health Organisation has long highlighted global blood shortages, especially in low-resource regions. Artificial blood could serve as a reliable backup in situations where fresh blood is ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg and ETH Zurich have created the first integrated map detailing the metabolic and molecular changes in human blood ...

A sufficient blood supply is important to ensure patient needs are met. Donors of all blood types are encouraged to donate blood on July 17 from 1-6 p.m.

Recently, a research team from Chongqing Medical University, led by Prof. Wei Huang, Dr. Wei Bao, and Dr. Yiting Lei, has successfully developed a novel engineered extracellular matrix (eECM) to ...

A breakthrough in the understanding of how mammals create red blood cells could lead to opportunities for artificial blood to ...

The UCLA advance opens the door to growing other vascularized organ models, including intestines and colons, providing ...

Historically, bacterial contamination of blood components has been a concern across medical disciplines. As the number of stem cell collections and invasive ...

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There are no absolute recognized clinical indications for the transfusion of whole blood, and therefore blood is separated into its components (red cells, platelets and plasma) prior to ...

Tiny, newly formed tumors shed small fragments of DNA that are swept into the bloodstream. Future cancer screening tests could detect them early.

Climate change substantially threatens public health, including the blood supply chain, which is crucial for medical treatments such as surgeries, trauma care, and chronic disease management. Extreme ...