Scientists used donor stem cells to grow red blood cells in a laboratory. A clinical trial of these cells is underway to see if they last longer in the body compared to regular donor blood. Lab-grown ...

Medical laboratory testing is the heartbeat of medicine. It provides critical data for physicians to diagnose and treat disease, dating back thousands of years. Unfortunately, laboratory medicine as a ...

Northwell Health Labs, a division of Northwell Health, has launched LabFly, a mobile app that allows patients to schedule to have their blood drawn in the privacy of their home or workplace. Northwell ...

For the first time, human patients have received transfusions of blood cells that were grown from stem cells in a lab. A clinical trial investigating the safety of the procedure is currently underway, ...

The UAB Hospital’s Transfusion Services, or Blood Bank, is the largest of the clinical laboratories with 40+ employees working under Lakecia Watkins, laboratory supervisor. They staff the main ...

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Scientists have transfused lab-made red blood cells into a human volunteer in a world-first trial that experts say has major potential for people with hard-to-match blood types or conditions such as ...

The Blood Bank of Alaska is unsure how it will fully fund a long-sought donor testing laboratory in the state after Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed funding for the nonprofit. An in-state testing lab would ...