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Hibernating Bears Provide Clue to Preventing Serious Clots in Humans
Low levels of the clotting factor HSP47 protect the sleeping giants from blood clots, and the same may be possible for humans and other mammals.
Hibernating Bears Provide Clue to Preventing Serious Clots in Humans
Hibernating Bears Provide Clue to Preventing Serious Clots in Humans

Low levels of the clotting factor HSP47 protect the sleeping giants from blood clots, and the same may be possible for humans and other mammals.

Low levels of the clotting factor HSP47 protect the sleeping giants from blood clots, and the same may be possible for humans and other mammals.

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Handmade Hemoglobin, 1912-2012
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Researchers link the ability of the cells to bind and present DNA from pathogens and cell death to anemia, which is common in COVID-19, and immune activation.
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Study Estimates 76 Percent of Brazilian City Exposed to SARS-CoV-2
Ignacio Amigo | Dec 14, 2020 | 6 min read
The number, extrapolated from antibodies present in blood donors in Manaus, should be treated with caution, experts warn.
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When mice that had suffered a stroke were given blood from a healthy donor, they experienced less tissue and neurological damage.
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By revealing that animals could develop immune responses against their own tissues, the physician-scientist established an entirely new field of science.
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Cells’ Oxygen Sensing Discovery Earns Nobel Prize
Emily Makowski | Oct 7, 2019 | 2 min read
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Shuping Wang, Public Health Whistleblower, Dies
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The physician and researcher challenged the Chinese government over her findings of widespread hepatitis and HIV contamination during blood collection.
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Bedbugs Predated T. rex and Triceratops, New Family Tree Shows
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The finding overturns the idea that the insect’s first victims were bats and reveals that certain species started targeting humans as a side snack, not as a main meal.
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