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An antibody treatment developed at Stanford Medicine successfully prepared patients for stem cell transplants without toxic ...

For decades, scientists have been trying to create artificial blood to alleviate shortages and prevent people from bleeding to death. But those efforts have been repeatedly frustrated by failure.

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Melanoma, the most serious skin cancer, claims thousands of lives yearly, with men dying at a higher rate due to delayed detection and treatment. Jim Crooks was shocked by his diagnosis, having no ...

More Iowa herds have tested positive for a tick-borne parasite that can sicken and kill cattle, but experts said they still ...

Segmentation of white blood cells in digital haematology microscope images represents one of the major tools in the diagnosis and evaluation of blood disorders. Pathological examinations are being the ...

Talk about a lonely hearts club. An unnamed woman from Guadeloupe has the rarest blood type on earth, to the extent that she’s only compatible with herself.

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Named “Gwada negative,” it originated from a blood sample taken 15 years ago.

Objectives Electronic health records offer the opportunity to discover new clinical implications for established blood tests, but international comparisons have been lacking. We tested the association ...