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On This Day in History, June 15: Magna Carta sealed, first blood transfusion experiment, Batman Begins released and other key eventsOn This Day in History, June 15 features landmark moments spanning law, science, war and culture. From the sealing of Magna Carta in 1215 a...- Scientists Just Found a New Human Blood Type. Only 3 People on Earth Have ItA new human blood type, B(A), has been discovered. This finding expands the known blood groups to 49. The discovery underscores the intrica...
- What is shelf-stable synthetic blood? The scientific advancement that could transform battlefield and emergency careA revolutionary synthetic blood is nearing human trials. This freeze-dried product can be stored for years at room temperature. It can be r...
- Zydus gets USFDA's orphan drug designation for beta-thalassemia productZydus Lifesciences announced a significant development for beta-thalassemia patients. The US Food and Drug Administration has granted Orpha...
- Bengaluru lab fails to match woman’s blood type to anyone, discovers first human with ultra-rare antigen that could revolutionize medicineA woman in Karnataka is the first person identified with the CRIB blood group antigen. Doctors discovered it during a cardiac surgery when ...
- India discovers world's rarest blood group 'CRIB' in Bengaluru woman: What it is and why it's so uniqueA rare blood group, CRIB, has been identified by scientists from India and the UK. The blood group was found in a 38-year-old woman from Ko...
- Tata Memorial Centre to provide affordable high-dose MIBG therapy for neuroblastomaTata Memorial Centre's ACTREC offers affordable high-dose MIBG therapy (Rs 7-8 lakh) for neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer. This treatment,...
- Anti-cancer jab taking 7 minutes to administer rolled out in EnglandThe UK's NHS has rolled out a new anti-cancer jab that can reduce treatment time by three quarters. The seven-minute injection, which is ad...
- England to rollout world's first seven-minute cancer treatment injectionAtezolizumab - made by Genentech, a Roche company - is an immunotherapy drug that empowers a patient's own immune system to seek and destro...
- Not all Covid patients need plasma therapy, say doctors amid shortagePlasma therapy involves taking antibodies from the blood of a person who has recovered from Covid-19 and transfusing it into a novel corona...
- World Blood Donor Day: 3 important reasons why donating blood is healthyIt is vital to raise awareness about the health benefits of blood donation.
- In a first in Kerala, Apheresis procedure used to administer plasma to Covid-19 patientA medical equipment that carries out the apheresis procedure was installed at a Government Medical College Hospital at nearby Thrissur last...
- Lucknow hospital begins plasma therapy to treat COVID-19 positive patientsThe doctor from Orai in Uttar Pradesh was administered the plasma donated by a woman doctor from Canada who was the first COVID-19 patient ...
- Government allows transfer of blood from one blood bank to anotherTransfer of blood from one blood bank to another has now been allowed, a move that will help take it to places of scarcity to save lives.
- Expensive platelet treatment a major burden on dengue patientsEven without transfusion, treating dengue could cost anywhere between Rs 16,000 in a mid-level hospital and Rs 67,000 in a high-end one.
- Blood banks to now issue blood only on MBBS doctors' prescriptionIt has alarmed alternative medicine practitioners. Industry insiders say Mumbai hospitals too could face hardships during emergencies.
- 'Blood-based therapy may treat Ebola'Clinical trials of convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) have started in Liberia, and are due to begin soon in Guinea and Sierra Leone.
- Government planning centres for transfusion medicine in 4 metros"Instructions have also been issued to make blood storage centres functional and provide linkage with existing blood banks in their vicinit...
- Metro cities to get blood banksGearing up to meet high standards of safety in blood transfusion, the Government on Thursday approved providing the four major metros with ...
- Chitra Bharucha is acting chief, BBCIn a rare distinction, Chitra Bharucha, an India-born haematologist, took charge as the acting chairperson of the British Broadcasting Corp...
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