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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.