Blood money
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the first successful human-to-human blood transfusion, conducted by James Blundell, an English obstetrician working just across the Thames from The Economist’s
Blood
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Scientists Discovered A Way To Produce Red Blood Cells
The researchers from Lund University in Sweden and Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona have recognized the four genetic keys that unlock the genetic code of skin cells. In eight days, the skin
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Scientists edge closer to growing blood stem cells in lab
Significant progress has been made in working out how to grow blood stem cells in a laboratory. Researchers have discovered the protein responsible for regulating the function and development of the cells,
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Development of a blood bank management system
<p>The process of managing the blood bag that is received from the blood donation events needs a proper and systematic management. The blood bag must be handled with care and treated thoroughly as it is
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Nigeria: Half of Nigerian Women Have Anaemia
A medical professional body, Nutrition Society of Nigeria, NSN, on Thursday said 49 per cent of women of reproductive age in Nigeria have anaemia with 24.3 per cent of them having low iron stores and 12.7
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Nigeria: 72 Percent of Nigerian Children Suffer From Anaemia--Nutritionists
Nutrition experts, yesterday, lamented the huge burden of anaemia among Nigerian children and women of child-bearing age. According to the experts, 72 per cent of children are anaemic. The experts
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Judgement of the Gujarat High Court regarding 23 minor children suffering from thalassemia contracting HIV during blood transfusion at Civil Hospital of the city of Junagadh, Gujarat, 10/09/2014
Judgement of the Gujarat High Court regarding 23 minor children suffering from thalassemia contracting HIV during blood transfusion at Civil Hospital of the city of Junagadh, Gujarat dated 10/09/2014.
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Optical assay of erythrocyte function in banked blood
Stored red blood cells undergo numerous biochemical, structural, and functional changes, commonly referred to as storage lesion. How much these changes impede the ability of erythrocytes to perform their
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Public health at risk: 6000 unregistered collection centres in Kashmir
Posing a huge threat to the public health, nearly 6000 unregistered collection centres are functional in Kashmir Valley. The collection centers are opened at various pharmacies and clinics of doctors. The samples for various blood and related tests are collected at these centres and mostly send outside Kashmir for examinations.
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Save lives by legalizing Unbanked Directed Blood Transfusion (UDBT)
As you may be aware, in India, thousands of mothers and hundreds of accident victims die every year due to unavailability of timely blood transfusion. India has one of the highest maternal mortality rates
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Pesticide control
Injudicious use telling on soil, crops and public health, Punjab pushes alternatives. There have been few takers. Amarjit Singh sets a trap with an electrical bulb on his 12-acre in Punjab’s Char Ke village.