T he COVID pandemic has led to a steep drop in blood donations, leading blood centers in the US to raise the alarm about critical shortages , laying bare the fragility of the current blood supply. For years, scientists anticipating disruptions to the blood supply-due to issues such as emerging pathogens that can be transmitted through blood or the rapidly aging population, which could drastically reduce the number of potential donors in the future-have been working on developing ways to produce blood in factories in order to provide an alternative source of the vital substance., ...1
Many people grew up learning to base their food choices on the U. The updated guidelines, communicated via a simple, color-coded graphic, are focused on proper portions of the four major food groups., ...1
All patients were initially treated using HLH protocol. Therapeutic drug monitoring of busulfan was performed. Bone marrow was the stem cell source in all patients except one who underwent second transplant using peripheral blood stem cells., ...1
Objectives: To analyse the factors predicting erosive-deforming arthropathy in patients with psoriatic arthritis PsA. Methods: A prospective cohort study was undertaken with 71 patients diagnosed as having PsA 44 men and 27 women, mean age 47 SD 12 years. At the recruitment period patients had disease without evidence of radiological damage., ...1
