NHS to give volunteers 'synthetic blood' made in laboratory within two years. Click on image to go to a link to an Independent Article
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Fresh whole blood for pediatric heart surgery ‘may reduce risk of transfusion-related illnesses’
Interesting article in Medical News Today on the benefits in paediatric procedures of using fresh whole blood from a single donor
Delivering Impact – Blood lines spelled out
Monash University Magazine, Delivering Impact - Blood lines spelled out. This was an idea I saw proposed a year or so ago. Great to see it is in practice. Anything that reduces the possibility or unintentional error has to be a good thing.
Blood at the Science Gallery Dublin 2014
Weavers Turn Silk Into Diabetes Test Strips
January 08, 2015 9:59 AM ET Nsikan Akpan read article online here Using a simple wooden handloom, weavers create silk strips that diabetics can use as glucose sensors. This loom is at Achira Labs in Bangalore, India. Courtesy of Tripurari Choudhary itoggle caption Courtesy of Tripurari Choudhary Using a simple wooden handloom, weavers create silk [...]
Why some of us faint at the sight of blood – Health & Wellbeing
Why some of us faint at the sight of blood - Health & Wellbeing.
Video of the installation Blood on Silk: Trade conflated with Blood on Silk: Campbelltown as installed at Campbelltown Arts Centre 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvCc7DLSY2oStill Photo Credits Alex Gooding, Martin Lukersmith, Zan Wimberley, Alex WisserVideo Credits Fiona Davies, Alex Gooding
Hospital design from the inside out.
New thinking in hospital design influencing patient outcomes
In Redesigned Room, Hospital Patients May Feel Better Already By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN The new rooms at the University Medical Center of Princeton also include a bedside-to-bathroom handrail and a foldout sofa for visitors. Credit Laura Pedrick for The New York Times
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