Category Archives: Blood

Bristol Myers buys Orum’s blood cancer therapy for up to $180 mln

Companies Bristol-Myers Squibb Co Follow Orum Therapeutics, Inc. Follow Nov 6 (Reuters) – Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY.N) has acquired Orum Therapeutics’ experimental therapy to treat a type of blood cancer for a total value of up to $180 million, the privately held company said on Monday. The therapy, ORM-6151, which helps degrade a specific protein […]

18 units collected last week during LifeServe community blood drive in Blunt

NOVEMBER 6, 2023: LifeServe Blood Center held a blood drive in Blunt on Thursday, November 2, 2023, with 16 individuals registered to donate. 14 donors were able to donate, and 18 units of life saving blood were collected. The units donated at the blood drive can help up to 58 lives patients. There was one […]

Exploring the connection: Diet, sleep patterns, and blood pressure in young individuals

In a recent study published in Hypertension Research, a group of researchers examined the relationship between dietary and sleep rhythms and blood pressure (BP) levels in children aged 6-15 from Chongqing and Sichuan provinces and identified optimal rhythm interventions to prevent Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) onset potentially. Study: The impact of dietary and sleep rhythms on blood […]

Skies turn blood red as northern lights hit southern Europe

The skies over much of Europe were lit up on Sunday night as far as southern Slovakia, as the northern lights were spotted by stargazers across the continent. A bright red magnetic storm tinged with green and purple was captured by a meteorological camera near the village of Stanča, near Slovakia’s south-eastern border with Hungary, […]

TMP Key Club to host Hays blood drive on Nov. 8

American Red Cross Submitted The TMP Key Club and Kiwanis Club of Hays are proud to partner with each other for this year’s annual fall blood drive on Wednesday, November 8. Nearly 20 spots for donating blood remain. To schedule an appointment, all able community members are encouraged to go to: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/donation-time. Enter 67601 for […]

Lung cancer: New blood test may help detect disease earlier

Share on PinterestExperts say a blood test for lung cancer would help with earlier diagnosis. Lourdes Balduque/Getty Images Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally. Most lung cancer cases are not diagnosed until the advanced stage, lowering a person’s 5-year survival rate. Currently, the only screening available for lung cancer is a […]

Poland: A hunt for traces of abortion pills in women’s blood

A 22-year-old woman arrived at a hospital in Wroclaw, Poland, with a dead fetus. She said she’d had a miscarriage, but hadn’t known she was pregnant. Her apartment, which was subsequently raided by Polish authorities, told a different story. Officials found painkillers, antibiotics, a used pregnancy testing kit and tablets commonly dubbed ‘abortion pills’ scattered around the home. The woman’s […]

New compound from pig blood can reverse ageing in rats, study claims

Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches email Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter A new therapeutic developed from compounds found in pig’s blood can reverse the age of rats, researchers claim in a new study. The anti-ageing therapeutic – dubbed E5 […]