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Can blood from young people slow aging? Silicon Valley has bet billions it will
The Spanish firm Grifols helped set off a kerfuffle last year when it, along with other firms, offered nearly double the going price for blood donations for a COVID-19 treatment trial. Brigham Young University in Idaho had to threaten some enterprising students with suspension to keep them from intentionally trying to contract COVID-19. The trial failed, however, and now the Barcelona-based firm is hoping to extract something far more valuable from the plasma of young volunteers: a set of microscopic molecules that could reverse the process of aging itself.
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‘Gift of life’ marketing fails to motivate many donors
With a global shortage of both blood and organ donors, QUT researchers are suggesting language used to attract donors be changed, especially for organ donor donation. They say focussing on a sense of social obligation rather than ‘gift of life term’ terminology may have better cut-through with non-donors.
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Artificial blood developed for patients of any blood type
Japanese researchers said they have developed artificial blood that can be transfused into patients regardless of their blood type and can vastly improve the chances for survival of seriously injured people. The artificial blood created by a team of scientists primarily from the National Defense Medical College has proved effective in experiments on rabbits.
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Researchers Move Closer to a Blood Test for Predicting When People Might Die
It’s not as morbid as you think; having a reliable way of predicting people’s mortality, especially as they age, could help to improve how doctors treat disease.
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Two brain-rejuvenating proteins have been identified in young blood
Young blood has mysterious powers to improve cognition in older animals. Two proteins that boost structures in neurons seem to be behind the effect
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Everything wrong with the young blood injection craze
Recently, the US Food and Drug Administration made a somewhat strange request: please don’t buy transfusions of young blood plasma to improve your health. The announcement is a conclusion of sorts to years-long hype over the tantalizing possibility that the fountain of youth can be found in the bodies of other people.
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The global tide of blood in history, medicine and culture
Tilli Tansey navigates the extraordinary story of the life-giving liquid.
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Newly Found Enzymes Can Help Turn Type A and B Blood into Universal Type O
A team of researchers headed by University of British Columbia scientist Stephen Withers reports on enzymes -- from the human gut -- that remove A or B antigens from red blood cells 30 times more efficiently than previously reported enzymes.
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An 81-year-old man has 'retired' after 1,173 blood donations that saved 2.4 million babies — here's why his blood is so special
James Harrison, 81, made his 1,173rd and final blood donation on Friday — the end of a 60-year donation streak that has saved the lives of 2.4 million babies, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. He's known, unsurprisingly, as "the man with the golden arm." "It's a sad day for me," he told the Herald. "The end of a long run."
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‘We’re having a menstrual liberation’: how periods got woke
Periods happen to half the population – so why are they still treated as something to hide? Meet the activists seeing red. By Abigail Radnor.
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Are myths about the rejuvenating power of young blood true?
From teen-targeting vampires to Lady Báthory’s bloodbaths, we love stories of stolen youth. What if it were possible?
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ATRIA: A Journey Into Your Heart
Ever wondered what Atrial Fibrillation looks like from the inside? Well wonder no more...
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O my! Paper strip test determines blood type in just 30 seconds
When people can’t communicate their blood type, it can waste time in emergencies and put pressure on supplies of donor blood. A new test could change that
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The Blood of the Young Might Really Be an Anti-Aging Elixir, Researchers Say
“Young Blood for Old Brains” lecture summarizes efforts to use the blood of young people to cure neurological diseases in the elderly. By Becky Ferreira.
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