News tagged with cell counts

Handheld device for doing blood tests moves closer to medical use

Scientists are reporting a key advance in efforts to develop a handheld device that could revolutionize the complete blood cell count (CBC), one of the most frequently performed blood tests used to diagnose ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

They're mastering manufacturing

For millions of HIV-positive people in the developing world, accurate measurement of their medical condition is invaluable. So in recent years, Daktari Diagnostics, a Cambridge-based startup, has been developing ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

IL-2 immunotherapy fails to benefit HIV-infected individuals already taking antiretrovirals

Providing a synthetic form of the immune system protein interleukin-2 (IL-2) to HIV-infected individuals already taking combination antiretroviral therapy boosts their numbers of CD4+ T cells, the key white blood cells destroyed ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0