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A team of scientists has developed software that could make diagnoses of blood disorders much more straightforward, using a smartphone camera to assess levels of hemoglobin. This protein in red blood cells can be used as a marker for conditions like an… Continue reading App detects signs of anemia via a smartphone snap of the eyelid
A newly developed experimental drug could help mitigate some of the dangerous side effects caused by a once-promising diabetes medication. Early animal tests suggest the novel combination treatment is both safe and effective at helping regulate blood s… Continue reading Experimental molecule may reduce side effects of controversial diabetes drug
Researchers from Stanford University have developed a breakthrough technique that combines two diabetes drugs into a single injection. Previously these two compounds required separate injections, creating a barrier for treatment that led to very few di… Continue reading New two-in-one injection promises diabetics better blood sugar control
New research conducted by a University of Exeter medical school student may have discovered a novel early-stage biomarker for a number of different cancers. The research found subjects with abnormally small red blood cells were twice as likely to be di… Continue reading Small red blood cells could be novel early-stage cancer biomarker
A robot that performs surgery is a serious thing. One bug in the control system could end with disaster. Unless of course, you’re [Michael Reeves], in which case disaster is all part of the fun. (Video, embedded below.)
Taking inspiration from The da Vinci Surgical System, [Michael] set out to …read more
In a first-of-its-kind study thousands of people with no history of cancer were screened with a new experimental multi-cancer blood test. Promisingly, the results caught a number of pre-symptomatic early stage cancers, but the test did miss some cancer… Continue reading “Seminal” cancer blood test trial moves method closer to clinical use
So first of all, no … no one is saying that you should just grab dirt off the ground, and rub it into your wounds. That said, a new study does suggest that sanitized soil could be used to halt bleeding, when other means aren’t available.Continue Read… Continue reading Adding soil to wounds may halt the bleeding
As researchers rekindle a more than 100-year-old therapy, using blood from recovered COVID-19 subjects as a treatment for newly infected patients, a team from the Rockefeller University Hospital in New York is thrusting this old, experimental treatment… Continue reading “Elite” antibodies from COVID-19 survivors point to novel treatment
Human blood can typically only be stored for six weeks. It also needs to be refrigerated, which may be challenging in poor countries or remote locations. A new study, though, could lead to a method of drying blood for long-term room-temperature storage… Continue reading Just add water – scientists developing method of freeze-drying blood
A new study has shown that an experimental class of cancer drugs has wider potential than previously thought. BET inhibitors are currently being tested against blood cancers, but now researchers have found a new version of this drug that, in mouse test… Continue reading Experimental cancer drug appears more effective, less toxic than others