Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Although a simple molecule, nitric oxide is an important signal substance that helps to reduce blood pressure by relaxing the blood vessels. But how it goes about doing this has long been unclear. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now present an entirely novel principle that challenges the Nobel Prize-winning hypothesis […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, and collaborators from the Icelandic health care system and Copenhagen University, have published a study in the journal Cell titled “Complex effects of sequence variants on lipid levels and coronary artery disease.” The work described in the paper is based on searching for […]
Study Flowchart. Credit: BGI Genomics Newborn screening (NBS) is routinely performed across the world using biochemical testing methods. Recent advancements in genetic sequencing are a potential game-changer for newborn screening, swiftly assessing a comprehensive range of monogenic disorders. Yet, the effectiveness of genetic sequencing as an alternative method for NBS has not previously been studied. […]
Parents made a difficult decision that saved their sons life. A 14-year-old boy from the United States underwent amputations of both his hands and feet to save his life when his initially mild flu-like symptoms rapidly escalated into a life-threatening condition. Tennessee-born Mathias Uribe was admitted to the Monroe Carrel Jr Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt […]
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – The Nebraska Community Blood Bank announced a blood emergency on Thursday following a summer of low donor turnout. Contributing to the shortage are the recent Labor Day holiday, back-to-school activities, and a prolonged 50% decrease in youth and first-time donors. NCBB said the region’s blood supply is well below the optimal […]
18 minutes ago DELMARVA – The Blood Bank of Delmarva has announced a blood emergency across the region. We’re told the emergency is the result of low donor turnout this summer, as well as the increased need for blood as a result of summer activities. The region’s blood supply is reportedly well below the ideal […]
Schools and offices have been shut and more than 800 people tracked down as India races to contain an outbreak of Nipah, a virus with “serious epidemic potential” and a fatality rate as high as 75 per cent. Authorities in the southern state of Kerala are attempting to curb the pathogen’s spread after two people […]
The parents of a 14-year-old boy in Tennessee recently had to make the difficult decision to amputate their son’s hands and legs after he contracted a rare and deadly bacterial infection. Mathias Uribe, a cross-country runner and piano player, was twice taken to a local doctor by his parents in mid-June for “flu-like symptoms,” according […]
The American Red Cross declared a national blood shortage this week. The summer saw low donor turnout and natural disasters like Hurricane Idalia are leading to canceled blood drives, making the situation more dire. The Minnesota and Dakotas Region is “particularly generous” and contributes 40 percent of the nation’s blood supply, according to Carrie Carlson-Guest, […]
In a recent study published in JAMA, researchers investigated whether spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhages (ICHs) among blood donors after blood donation were linked to the development of spontaneous ICH among transfusion recipients. Study: Intracerebral Hemorrhage Among Blood Donors and Their Transfusion Recipients. Image Credit: c12/Shutterstock.com Background According to recent research, cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), one of […]