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Scientists discover how cancer cells escape blood vessels

Posted in Medicine on 17th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

A finding that could help them develop drugs that inhibit this process and prevent cancers from metastasizing.

Expandable sponge-filled syringe that stems bleeding cleared for civilian use

Posted in Medicine on 15th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

Each XStat 30 syringe contains 92 sponges and can absorb around a pint of blood.

A Quirk of Physics Could Give Us a Fast, Cheap Way To Diagnose Diseases

Posted in Medicine on 13th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

A test that exploits a quirk of physics could make blood tests for certain diseases faster, cheaper, and easily performed.

Turning Red Blood Cells into Versatile Drug Carriers

Posted in Science on 10th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

A startup aims to treat hard-to-treat diseases with genetically modified blood cells.

Human gene editing treatment to tackle hemophilia

Posted in Medicine on 6th Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller

The controversial medical method could prevent people with hemophilia from bleeding to death internally.