blood

Latest in blood

A high-end clinic is offering the ability to cleanse your body of microplastics — so long as you can shell out for it.
Health & Medicine

Doctors Say They’ve Found a Way to Clean the Microplastics Out of Your Body

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new futuristic gel that can patch a life-threatening wound in seconds got approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Health & Medicine

FDA Approves Futuristic Gel That Can Stop Life-Threatening Bleeding in Seconds

By Sharon Adarlo

It's becoming ever more evident that once someone figures out how to remove microplastics from our bodies, they're going to make a killing.
Health & Medicine

Whoever Figures Out How to Remove Microplastics From the Human Body Is Going to Make a Fortune

By Noor Al-Sibai

A common bacteria can easily manipulate the enzymes present in blood supplies to turn it into a universal donor type.
Bacteria

Scientists Intrigued by Bacteria That Turns Any Blood Into Universal Donor Type

By Victor Tangermann

Results from a study suggests that transfusions of blood, bone marrow, organs and other biological matter can spread Alzheimer's Disease.
Neuroscience and Brain

Alzheimer’s May Spread Through Blood Transfusions, Scientists Find

By Sharon Adarlo

Researchers have developed a method to keep a brain alive and functioning for several hours without being connected to the body.
Prosthetics and Devices

New Device Can Keep Brain Alive for Hours Without Body

By Sharon Adarlo

Chinese astronauts claim they have grown stem cells for human blood in space, in an achievement they say is the first of its kind.
Space

Chinese Astronauts Grow Human Blood Cells in Space

By Sharon Adarlo

An eccentric millionaire obsessed with staying young forever has apparently taken to getting blood transfusions from his teen son.
Developments

Youth-Obsessed Tech Mogul Now Swapping Blood With His Teenage Son

By Noor Al-Sibai

A team of researchers in the UK have injected lab-grown blood into humans for the first time, the BBC reports, a potentially game-changing technology.
Developments

First Ever Humans Injected With Synthetic, Lab-Grown Blood

By Victor Tangermann

"Transformers" actor Megan Fox likes drinking blood from her boyfriend, the rapper Machine Gun Kelly's blood. Here's why that's a terrible idea.
Developments

Vampire Association Warns Against Drinking Human Blood

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists took a look at blood samples from 22 healthy, adult donors and discovered microplastic particles in 17 of them.
Developments

Oh Great: Scientists Are Finding Microplastics in Human Blood Now

By Tony Ho Tran

A massive new study strongly links high blood iron levels with a longer lifespan, giving hope to new longevity treatments.
RX and Medicine

Scientists: Blood Iron Levels Strongly Correlated With Long Lifespan

By Dan Robitzski

A team of Japanese scientists have created artificial blood that can be used in any patient, regardless of their blood type.
Developments

New Artificial Blood Could Be Transfused Into Any Patient

By Victor Tangermann

The doctor behind the young blood transfusion clinic Ambrosia is back with a mysterious new venture — a transfusion clinic called Ivy Plasma.
RX and Medicine

Doctor Behind Failed “Anti-Aging” Blood Clinic Tries Again

By Dan Robitzski

A new blood test that looks at just 14 biomarkers could one day allow doctors to predict the likelihood you're going to die within five to 10 years.
Studies

This Blood Test Seems to Predict if People Are Going to Die Soon

By Kristin Houser

Enzymes found in the human gut can efficiently transform blood type A into O, the universal donor kind that is in high demand.
Health & Medicine

Study: Gut Microbes Transform Type A Into Universal Donor Blood

By Kristin Houser