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First ever clinical trial of lab-grown red blood cell transfusion

First ever clinical trial of lab-grown red blood cell transfusion

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Cambridge researchers are taking part in the world’s first clinical trial of red blood cell transfusion that have been grown in a laboratory for transfusion into another person.  “If our trial is successful, it will mean that patients who currently require regular long-term red blood cell transfusion will need fewer transfusions in future, helping transform […]

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Bacterial armour plating has implications for antibiotics

Bacterial armour plating has implications for antibiotics

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Bacterial armour plating has implications for antibiotics says new study A new study sheds light on how Gram-negative bacteria like E. coli construct their outer membrane to resemble body armour, which has far-reaching implications for the development of antibiotics.  Professor Colin Kleanthous in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford led the interdisciplinary

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How menthol cigarette ads target Black people, women and teens?

How menthol cigarette ads target Black people, women and teens?

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In April, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced proposed rules to remove menthol cigarette and flavored cigars from the U.S. market.  Though smoking rates in the United States are declining overall, the percentage of smokers who use menthol cigarettes is rising, according to Robert Jackler, MD, the Stanford School of Medicine’s Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall

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Scientists detect dementia signs as early as nine years ahead of diagnosis

Scientists detect dementia signs as early as nine years ahead of diagnosis

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Cambridge scientists have detected dementia signs that it may be possible to spot signs of brain impairment in patients as early as nine years before they receive a diagnosis for one of a number of dementia-related diseases.  “When we looked back at patients’ histories, it became clear that they were showing some cognitive impairment several

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