Search Results for: transfusion
Cyropreservation and Low Temperature Biology in Blood Transfusion
Cyropreservation and Low Temperature Biology in Blood Transfusion ... Read More
Nucleic Acid-Amplification Testing Further Safeguards Nation’s Blood Supply, NHLBI Study Shows
State-of-the-art testing systems to screen donated blood have improved the safety of the nation's blood supply by... Read More
New insights into the mystery of high risk platelets from diabetic donors
Amid emerging concerns that blood platelets donated for transfusion by individuals with Type 2 diabetes may be unsafe,... Read More
Sperm cryopreservation: is there a significant risk of cross-contamination?
Opinions Interest in the subject of sperm cryopreservation has a long history, with thousands of published articles in the... Read More
Weaving cartilage at zero g: the reality of tissue engineering in space
Proem tissue n [L, texere, to weave] . . . an aggregate of cells usu. of a particular kind together with their... Read More
An eight-year follow-up national study of medical school and general hospital ethics committees in Japan
An eight-year follow-up national study of medical school and general hospital ethics committees in Japan Akira Akabayashi1,... Read More
Compatible
Compatible 1. (Science: pharmacology) Capable of harmonious coexistence, of medications, suitable for simultaneous... Read More
Sexually transmitted disease
Definition noun, plural: sexually transmitted diseases (pathology) A disease that is primarily contracted through sexual... Read More
Gastric algid malaria
Gastric algid malaria See: algid malaria. Induced malaria, malaria acquired by artificial means, e.g., via blood... Read More
Agglutinin
Definition noun, plural: agglutinins Any substance, usually of biological origin, that causes agglutination or clumping... Read More
Oligohydramnios
Definition noun A condition characterized by a deficiency of amniotic fluid Supplement The amniotic fluid is the fluid that... Read More
Erythrocyte
Definition noun, plural: erythrocytes A blood cell with hemoglobin-rich cytoplasm and whose main function is to transport... Read More
Agglutination
Agglutination Definition What does agglutination mean? It generally refers to the process of sticking together or the... Read More
Blood group substance
Blood group substance blood group-specific substances a and B, solution of complexes of polysaccharides and amino acids that... Read More
Peritoneum
Definition noun, plural: peritonea (anatomy) The serous membrane forming the lining of the abdominal cavity or... Read More
Hitting HIV where it hides
Andrew I Dayton Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Division of Emerging and Transfusion Transmitted Diseases,... Read More
Huge proportion of maternal deaths worldwide are preventable
A study published in PLoS Medicine this week suggests that of women who die during pregnancy and childbirth in sub-Saharan... Read More
Deactivation of phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate/Akt signaling mediates neutrophil spontaneous death
Daocheng Zhu, Hidenori Hattori, Hakryul Jo, Yonghui Jia, Kulandayan K. Subramanian, Fabien Loison, Jian You, Yi Le, Marek... Read More
Einstein Researchers Develop Blood Substitute That Shows Promise For Use In Emergency Situations
An artificial blood product developed by researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine is showing great promise... Read More
West Nile Virus Can Cause Polio-like Symptoms
HONOLULU, HI More evidence shows that West Nile virus can cause a polio-like syndrome with paralysis and impaired... Read More
Environmental and social influences on emerging infectious diseases: past, present and future
Abstract During the processes of human population dispersal around the world over the past 50 000–100 000 years along... Read More
Turning blood into universal “friendlier” type
One of the crucial needs that arise during or after a devastating natural disaster is the availability of the "universal"... Read More