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CBAI signs License and Cooperation agreement with AXM Pharma

Cord Blood America, Inc., the umbilical cord blood stem cell preservation company focused on bringing the life saving potential of stem cells, a biological insurance policy, to families nationwide and internationally, announced today that an architectural firm has been retained for the new, 200,000 square foot umbilical cord blood processing and storage facility in China.

4 May 2010

Isolated microalgal strain produces significant amounts of DGLA that helps reduce risk for heart attacks

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have isolated a microalgal strain which produces large amounts of a polyunsaturated fatty acid that could reduce blood pressure, chronic inflammation and blood cholesterol level, reducing the risk for heart attacks.

4 May 2010

Immune system responds aggressively when looking at sick people

Just seeing someone who looks sick is enough to make your immune system work harder, according to a new study in which volunteers looked at pictures of sick people. This may help fight off pathogens, says Mark Schaller from the University of British Columbia who conducted the research. "It seems like it's probably good for the immune system to be responding especially aggressively at times when it looks like you are likely to be coming into contact with something that might make you sick."

4 May 2010

Rice students' Sally Centrifuge could help diagnose anemia globally

A simple salad spinner will save lives this summer, if everything goes as planned by two Rice University undergraduates.

4 May 2010

Researchers explore role of ECoG measurement to improve brain mapping technology

Epilepsy and seizures affect nearly 3 million Americans of all ages, with 200,000 new cases of seizures and epilepsy occurring each year. Epilepsy surgery may be performed in patients who have seizures associated with structural brain abnormalities, such as benign brain tumors and cortical dysplasia, malformations of blood vessels, the genetic disorder tuberous sclerosis, and strokes.

4 May 2010

New study shows people with BAV more likely to have brain aneurysms

A new study shows that people with a common heart defect may also be more likely to have brain aneurysms. The study is published in the May 4, 2010, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

4 May 2010

Novel combined immunotherapy promising for treatment of malignant brain tumors

A new Phase I clinical trial conducted at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute in Los Angeles shows that two innovative treatment approaches may safely be combined to treat patients with highly aggressive, malignant brain tumors called gliomas. The results suggest that combining the two therapies might boost their effectiveness and supports the pursuit of additional studies on this approach to treating these tumors.

4 May 2010

Lupus Canada to hold annual fundraising event

In the month of May residents in communities across Canada will participate in Lupus Canada's most important public awareness and fundraising event, Walk a Block for Lupus. Lupus Canada and its member organizations are holding their 9th Annual Walk a Block for Lupus campaign in conjunction with World Lupus Day to help increase awareness and funds for lupus.

4 May 2010

New light-activated Photochemical Tissue Bonding technology helps treat battlefield injuries

Airmen's traumatic battlefield injuries may be more effectively treated by using a new light-activated technology developed as a result of research managed by Air Force Office of Scientific Research and supported by funds from the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

4 May 2010

Johns Hopkins researchers identify a key protein that triggers sarcoidosis

Lung researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified a possible protein trigger responsible for sarcoidosis, a potentially fatal inflammatory disease marked by tiny clumps of inflammatory cells that each year leave deep, grainy scars on the lungs, lymph nodes, skin and almost all major organs in hundreds of thousands of Americans.

4 May 2010

Study finds standard heel-stick test ineffective in identifying CMV infection in babies

A national study involving a UT Southwestern Medical Center neonatologist and pediatric infectious diseases specialist suggests that a screening test routinely performed in newborns is not very good at identifying cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, a leading cause of hearing loss in children.

4 May 2010

tPA drug effective in treating stroke symptoms

When Ruth Mitchell arrived at Loyola University Hospital's emergency room, her face was drooping, her left arm was weak, she couldn't walk and she was slurring her words.

4 May 2010

New data on salt-sensitive hypertension to be presented at ASH 2010 conference

With governmental authorities, academicians, healthcare providers and industry grappling with the level of salt in the diet in an effort to reduce its impact on high blood pressure, new data evaluating a potential genetic component to salt-sensitive hypertension will be presented at the American Society of Hypertension, Inc.'s 25th Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition (ASH 2010).

4 May 2010

Kidneys of healthy adults show signs of chronic injury, says study

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that the kidneys of healthy adults show signs of chronic mild injury that increase with age. This damage is present even though the adults showed no clinical signs of kidney disease.

4 May 2010

Ansell introduces new surgical glove with AMT Antimicrobial Technology

Ansell today announced the launch of their new GAMMEX(R) Powder-Free glove with AMT Antimicrobial Technology, at the Annual Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Perth, Australia.

4 May 2010

Bacteria transmitted by fleas-and potentially ticks-can be passed to babies by mother: Researcher

A North Carolina State University researcher has discovered that bacteria transmitted by fleas-and potentially ticks-can be passed to human babies by the mother, causing chronic infections and raising the possibility of bacterially induced birth defects.

4 May 2010

Blood News and Research

CBAI signs License and Cooperation agreement with AXM Pharma

Isolated microalgal strain produces significant amounts of DGLA that helps reduce risk for heart attacks

Immune system responds aggressively when looking at sick people

Rice students' Sally Centrifuge could help diagnose anemia globally

Researchers explore role of ECoG measurement to improve brain mapping technology

New study shows people with BAV more likely to have brain aneurysms

Novel combined immunotherapy promising for treatment of malignant brain tumors

Lupus Canada to hold annual fundraising event

New light-activated Photochemical Tissue Bonding technology helps treat battlefield injuries

Johns Hopkins researchers identify a key protein that triggers sarcoidosis

Study finds standard heel-stick test ineffective in identifying CMV infection in babies

tPA drug effective in treating stroke symptoms

New data on salt-sensitive hypertension to be presented at ASH 2010 conference

Kidneys of healthy adults show signs of chronic injury, says study

Ansell introduces new surgical glove with AMT Antimicrobial Technology

Bacteria transmitted by fleas-and potentially ticks-can be passed to babies by mother: Researcher

Trajectory Health, HeartMath partner to deliver clinical stress management solutions to corporates

Obese men more likely to have low testosterone than non-obese men: HIM study

Prenatal tobacco smoke exposure can increase risk of developmental problems in African American children

Data from Phase IV study of Bystolic tablets in Hispanic patients with hypertension presented at ASH 2010

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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