Researchers have identified a previously unknown biological process that causes tissue and organ damage in conditions where ...

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Genentech, a member of the Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY), announced today positive final results from the overall ...

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“I started exploring it as a kind of landscape,” the Lebanese-born designer Jessy Slim said of the ravaged surfaces of her legume creations. By Elizabeth Fazzare This article is part of our ...

The Mets will be without left-hander A.J. Minter for a while, if not for the rest of the season. While the team is hesitant to give a definitive diagnosis, manager Carlos Mendoza described it as a ...

"She had 30 bags of blood and 15 bags of platelets to save her life." she said. Some of those came from complete strangers. "One was a sweet guy, Edward, from the lab that was drawing people’s ...

THE REST OF THE COMPONENTS ARE GETTING RETURNED THROUGH THIS TUBING, AND THE PLATELETS ARE GETTING DRAWN UP INTO THESE TWO COLLECTION BAGS. DONORS LIKE JIM HAVE TO HAVE A STRONG VEIN AND TIME.

He’s continued to donate platelets ever since ... heart-shaped stress ball, Martin watched bags fill up and reflected on what would become his 700th donation. “I’ll keep going until I ...

Risk of missed detection is higher with bacterial strains that grow slowly in platelet concentrates and/or tend to adhere to the storage bag surfaces, namely Staphylococcus epidermidis, which is one ...

Platelets are responsible for clotting blood ... The donor blood drips from a bag through the IV line into your blood vessel. This process is called transfusion. You’ll be watched closely ...