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Balloon 'last chance treatment' for heart failure

Posted in Medicine on 27th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

Scientists have used a pioneering balloon technique as a "last chance" treatment to help a patient with severe heart failure.

Blocking key protein puts the brakes on leukaemia

Posted in Medicine on 25th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), an aggressive form of blood cancer, where cell growth controls are neutralized, giving the cancer cells free rein to multiply uncontrollably.

Obesity Linked With Blood Clots In Juveniles

Posted in Science on 19th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

Obesity as determined by body mass index was a statistically significant predictor of blood clot formation in juveniles, the study showed.

Blood cells could determine whether kids get allergies

Posted in Medicine on 19th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

By sampling the babys blood from the umbilical cord, researchers can get an early snapshot of the childs immune system.

Gene therapy seems able to convert severe hemophilia into mild hemophilia

Posted in Medicine on 9th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

Hemophilia impairs the body's ability to control blood clotting, which is used to stop bleeding.