News tagged with human red blood cells

Researchers develop synthetic platelets

Synthetic platelets have been developed by UC Santa Barbara researchers, in collaboration with researchers at Scripps Research Institute and Sanford-Burnham Institute in La Jolla, Calif. Their findings are ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mexican experts find ancient blood on stone knives

(AP) - Traces of blood and fragments of muscle, tendon, skin and hair found on 2,000-year-old stone knives have given researchers the first conclusive evidence that the obsidian blades were used for human sacrifice so long ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

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

Cutting off the oxygen supply to serious diseases

A new family of proteins which regulate the human body's 'hypoxic response' to low levels of oxygen has been discovered by scientists at Barts Cancer Institute at Queen Mary, University of London and The University of Nottingham.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Chemists unlock potential target for drug development

A receptor found on blood platelets whose importance as a potential pharmaceutical target has long been questioned may in fact be fruitful in drug testing, according to new research from Michigan State University ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fleas collected from Norway rats in downtown LA carry human pathogen

Most fleas collected from rats trapped in downtown Los Angeles, California carried microbes from the genus, Bartonella, many of which are human pathogens, according to a paper in the November Applied and Environmental Mi ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New invisibility cloak hides objects from human view

For the first time, scientists have devised an invisibility cloak material that hides objects from detection using light that is visible to humans. The new device is a leap forward in cloaking materials, according to a report ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (15) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Malaria parasites use camouflage to trick immune defences of pregnant women

Copenhagen University Hospital and the University of Copenhagen have discovered why malaria parasites are able to hide from the immune defences of expectant mothers, allowing the parasite to attack the placenta. The discovery ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Malaria's newest pathway into human cells identified

Development of an effective vaccine for malaria is a step closer following identification of a key pathway used by the malaria parasite to infect human cells. The discovery, by researchers at The Walter and ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stem-cell work closes a door to AIDS virus

Lab work on mice has opened up a novel way of closing a gateway to the AIDS virus, according to a study published on Friday.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 02, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Cell 'anchors' required to prevent muscular dystrophy

A protein that was first identified for playing a key role in regulating normal heart rhythms also appears to be significant in helping muscle cells survive the forces of muscle contraction. The clue was a laboratory mouse ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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