Category Archives: Blood

Frontier Bio Leads Medical Innovation with “Lab-Grown” Blood Vessel Technology for Replacing Animal Testing

Using novel tissue engineering techniques, Frontier Bio creates blood vessels using a biodegradable polymer scaffold seeded with vascular cells and grown in the lab under biomimetic conditions. Frontier Bio’s innovative manufacturing methods use 3D printing to enable the production of these vessels in a variety of complex shapes, mimicking natural vascular architecture and even disease […]

Essex Center garners safe blood pressure award

ELIZABETHTOWN — The Essex Center here has won a national award for keeping the blood pressure of residents at the nursing facility at safe levels. “A big congratulations goes out to the team at Essex Center, as the 100-bed skilled nursing facility was given Gold-Plus rating under the American Heart Association Target: BP program for […]

Ticks, blood and unexpected connections

Considering the mild climate and relaxed, multicultural lifestyle, it’s not surprising that San Antonio’s population has doubled to nearly 1.5 million since 1975, the year I arrived as an assistant professor of biochemistry at the University of Texas at San Antonio. San Antonio is the seventh largest city in the U.S. in terms of population, […]

Lansing Community College to hold blood drive

LANSING, Mich. — Every drop will matter this Thursday at Lansing Community College’s blood drive. It’s happening from 11am until 6pm in the Gannon building’s Michigan room. LCC will be hosting the mid-Michigan Board of Directors and the Lansing American Red Cross for the drive. They are looking to receive all blood types but says […]

North Platte man honored for donating blood for more than 30 years

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) – A North Platte man was honored on Monday morning after donating blood for more than 30 years. Sherman Hirsch, 93, was honored at the American Red Cross Blood Donation Center and Platelet Donation Center. Hirsch has donated over 800 times, which equals to more than 1,500 units of blood. Hirsch […]

Suffolk Fire and Rescue, Grail team up for Blood Draw – The Suffolk News-Herald

Suffolk Fire and Rescue, Grail team up for Blood Draw Published 11:05 pm Monday, October 23, 2023 Paramedic Greg Temme, Master Firefighter Les Lemasters, Master Firefighter Corey Powell, and Lieutenant Jeremy Gould participate in the Galleri early cancer detection test held on Oct. 18 at Fire Station 6. It was a moment of keeping Suffolk’s […]

RCSI and Irish Blood Transfusion Service partnership to boost blood products for patients

image:  Pictured are (left to right) Professor Tor Hervig, IBTS; Dr Ingmar Schoen, RCSI; Dr Allison Waters, IBTS; and Professor James O’Donnell, RCSI at the launch of a new partnership between researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) that aims make blood products for transfusions more available and more […]

Court overrules Jehovah’s Witness parents to allow blood transfusion for seriously ill toddler

Regional New South Wales health officials have won a court order authorising them to give a blood transfusion to a Jehovah’s Witness toddler if needed in surgery.  Key points: NSW regional health officials applied and was granted authorisation to give the toddler blood, if needed Jehovah’s Witnesses do not accept transfusions of whole blood The toddler needs […]