Surgeries that are planned in advance, may soon be performed without the need for blood transfusions

Genetically engineered pigs would produce the human blood-clotting protein factor 8 in their milk. Administration of the protein is very important to haemophilia patients. Haemophilia is an

Blood donation may reduce the risk of heart attack in men, say researchers at the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kansas University Medical Center, USA. A study conducted on blood donors and

Experiments have confirmed that licking a wound promotes healing and reduces bacterial contamination. A recently published report says that it also helps reduce pain and stop bleeding. Saliva

Women using latest versions of birth control pills stand a higher risk of developing blood clots

ppl therapeutics, the Scottish firm that last year helped Edinburgh's Roslin Institute clone Dolly the sheep, is developing a chemical technology to alter the plasma (the pale yellow

A new method of treating or preventing malaria has come to light with the discovery of the protein that makes the disease lethal. The parasite Plasmodium falciparum , that causes cerebral malaria,

A polymer coating might be the answer to the perpetual paucity of blood for transfusion

A new product can be used to fabricate anti blood clot linings in artificial blood tubes

RESEARCHERS from the Albany Medical Centre (AMC) in New York, have devised a new technique which will lead to a blood type that would be compatible with all blood types. They have developed a