The FDA has approved LimFlow, a new therapy pioneered at University Hospitals., which gives thousands of patients hope for an alternative to leg amputation. LimFlow therapy works by diverting blood flow from blocked arteries into the veins, making the veins become an artery, reversing the flow of blood to get oxygen in the blood to […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was an emotional Tuesday for a Kansas City area man. He’s meeting for the first time some people who saved his life. At the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center, Kevin Wake is happy. But more importantly healthy. He was told in high school that he most likely wouldn’t live past his […]

Blood donations remain low since the start of COVID but demand remains – CBS San Francisco Watch CBS News The need for blood donations remains constant as nonprofit organizations like Vitalant face many hurdles from before and during the pandemic. While a large percentage of the population is eligible to donate, only a small fraction […]

The study by Emory University looked at the toxic legacy of industrial pollution in Southeast Georgia by testing the blood of longtime residents. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Decades of industrial pollution flowing from factories in Brunswick, Ga. has ended up in the bloodstreams of longtime residents. Preliminary results of an exposure study by Emory University shows […]

<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/lungs-play-a-critical.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2023/lungs-play-a-critical.jpg" data-sub-html="Credit: Blood Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008347″> Credit: Blood Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008347 A newly-released study by Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University’s Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) has found that the fetal lung is a potential source of hemogenic endothelial cells (HECs) that have the capacity to make blood. The findings […]