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American Family Physician September 15, 2006 Samiya Razzaq	Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: An Emerging Health Risk Hemolytic uremic syndrome is caused primarily by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7. The most common cause of acute renal failure in children, hemolytic uremic syndrome also can occur in adults.
Managed Care May 2007 Thomas Morrow	Monoclonal Antibody Now Available to Prevent Red Blood Cell Breakdown Symptom relief was the only treatment for hemoglobin found in the urine. Now Solaris prevents the complement cascade.
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American Family Physician November 1, 2000 Neil Abramson & Becky Melton	Leukocytosis: Basics of Clinical Assessment Leukocytosis, a common laboratory finding, is most often due to relatively benign conditions (infections or inflammatory processes). Much less common but more serious causes include primary bone marrow disorders...
American Family Physician October 1, 2000 Douglas L. Smith	Anemia in the Elderly Anemia should not be accepted as an inevitable consequence of aging. A cause is found in approximately 80 percent of elderly patients. The most common causes of anemia in the elderly are chronic disease and iron deficiency...
American Family Physician September 1, 2000	Sickle Cell Disease in Childhood: Part I. Laboratory Diagnosis, Pathophysiology and Health Maintenance Family physicians and parents who have been educated about sickle cell disease can detect acute, life-threatening complications such as splenic sequestration crisis and acute chest syndrome at their onset, thereby allowing treatment to be instituted without delay...
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IEEE Spectrum August 2006 Schoenbach et al.	Zap Extreme voltage could be a surprisingly delicate tool in the fight against cancer. The list of effects that scientists have achieved using nanoseconds-long pulses is growing rapidly, though their actual use as a medical treatment is still years away.
American Family Physician July 15, 2006	When Your Child Has Sickle Cell Disease A patient's guide: What is sickle cell disease?... What problems can sickle cell disease cause?... What should I do if my child with sickle cell disease is in pain?... etc.
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HHMI Bulletin Aug 2011 Richard Saltus	T-Cell Booster Kits A bioengineer remodels cell surfaces to prod the immune system.
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2012 Ben Comer	Stem Cells: A Promise Deferred? Ideology, politics, and a stilted political debate may be causing pharma to overlook the potential of emerging stem cell therapies in fostering a new generation of cures.
Chemistry World October 2010	Artificial blood Synthetic alternatives to donor blood have been stuck in development for decades. Nina Notman reports on recent promising progress
Chemistry World May 4, 2010 Lewis Brindley	Blood type testing for a few pence 'Our technique prints a microfluidic circuit containing the three antibodies (A, B and D) directly onto paper,' says Gil Garnier, who led the research at Monash University in Melbourne.
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Chemistry World April 19, 2011 Simon Hadlington	Cell factories package drugs for delivery Scientists in Australia and Germany have used living cells as 'factories' to encapsulate particles such as drugs in biological membranes.
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American Family Physician November 15, 2000	Normocytic Anemia Normocytic anemia is a blood problem. It means you have normal-sized red blood cells, but you have a low number of them.
Chemistry World April 2, 2007 Simon Hadlington	Nucleic Acid Aids Clotting Researchers say they may have solved one of biochemistry's bloodier conundrums - the physiological reason why blood coagulates in the presence of 'foreign' surfaces such as glass.
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2010 Richard Saltus	Three-Dimensional Cell Cultures Thinking big but starting small, Sangeeta Bhatia is closing in on her ambitious goal: growing human livers in the lab from scratch.
American Journal of Nursing September 2011 Adams & Tolich	Original Research: Blood Transfusion: The Patient's Experience This study therefore sought to identify how well patients understand the role of blood transfusion in their treatment and whether it causes them discomfort.
Scientific American January 2009 Charles Q. Choi	Do White Blood Cells Make Cancer Deadly? The ability to spread underlies the killing power of cancer. The process occurs, John Pawelek thinks, when tumor cells fuse with white blood cells -- an idea that, if right, could yield new therapies
The Motley Fool January 27, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	A Real Triumph for Alexion A powerful clinical result brings FDA approval into sight for this biotech company. Investors, enjoy the day -- this is what makes biotech investing fun and exciting.
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Chemistry World October 8, 2007 Michael Gross	Blood Transfusion Risk Explained Two research groups have discovered that nitric oxide disappears rapidly from banked blood -- a finding that may explain recent medical studies showing that blood transfusions can sometimes increase a patient's chances of dying from a lack of oxygen.
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BusinessWeek September 23, 2010 Rob Waters	Stem Cells That Save Big Pharma a Bundle Drugmakers hope to save big by using stem cells to test drugs for dangerous side effects long before costly human trials are needed.
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American Family Physician October 1, 2002 Louis A. Kazal	Prevention of Iron Deficiency in Infants and Toddlers The prevalence of nutritional iron deficiency anemia in infants and toddlers has declined dramatically since 1960. However, satisfaction with this achievement must be tempered because the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in one- to three-year-old children seems to be increasing.
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