Baby elephant blood transfusion
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p2pnet.net OT News:- Experts are hoping a blood transfusion will save the life of a very rare baby elephant born a few days ago at the Calgary Zoo in Alberta, Canada.
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- Two studies have found the umbilical cords of newborn babies offer an alternative, albeit last-resort, source of stem cells for adult leukemia patients needing transplants.
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Giving blood transfusions to counter anemia in patients hospitalized with heart attacks or other acute coronary problems may do more harm than good, a study finds.
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Umbilical-cord blood, now used mostly to treat children with leukemia, could save thousands of adults with the disease each year who cannot find bone marrow donors, two big studies indicate.
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The 10 percent of children with sickle cell disease who are at risk for a stroke need ongoing blood transfusions to reduce their risk, according to a study at 25 sites in North America.
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Children with sickle cell disease who are at high risk of having strokes should continue to be treated with periodic blood transfusions, according to researchers and
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THE REGION Haemonetics Corp.'s CardioPat autotransfusion system has received marketing clearance from the Food and Drug Administration. The blood recovery systems maker said it will begin customer acceptance trials in the United States immediately, and expects full market release this year. CardioPat allows surgeons to recover blood lost during and after surgery, and to make the blood available for transfusion ...
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CALGARY - Zoo officials hope a special blood transfusion will give a baby elephant the infection-fighting antibodies it needs that it would normally get from mothers milk.
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Blood from a newborn&#39;s umbilical cord, often thrown away but rich in cells that may rebuild the body&#39;s blood production system, is safe to treat leukemia in adults, two studies released on Wednesday show.
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Pietermaritzburg - Blood donated by President Thabo Mbeki in public awareness drives for the blood transfusion service has routinely been incinerated because he is black.
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A five-year-old boy with a rare blood disorder is appealing for more bone marrow donors from ethnic minorities.
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Many heart surgeons traditionally insist on fresh, whole blood donated within the last 48 hours for their tiniest patients. They feel that this âpureâ blood gives babies a better chance of surviving heart
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Blood from the umbilical cords of newborn babies could save the lives of thousands of leukemia patients without other treatment options, according to a study by several institutions including the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Blood donated by President Thabo Mbeki after an urgent appeal in South Africa was destroyed because it was regarded as a health risk, it emerged yesterday.
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Blood from a newborn baby&#39;s umbilical cord can be used to treat adults with leukaemia, a US-based study says. Cord-blood transplants have tended to be used only on children as it was not thought to contain
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A major clinical trial found that children with sickle cell disease who are at high risk of having strokes should continue to be treated with periodic blood transfusions.
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By Virgil Larson, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 19--Adding a small, almost invisible drop of cell preservative to a standard vial used for taking blood samples promises big things for Streck Inc.