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CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA — Every minute that a trauma patient goes without a blood transfusion their risk of dying goes up 11%, so ...

The effectiveness of chemotherapy for brain cancer, done with a technique that opens the blood-brain barrier, can be ...

When Alessandro Barbera was rushed to a California hospital with infant botulism in October, his father had barely heard of ...

Blood plasma is big business — especially along the U.S.–Mexico border. Every day, thousands of Mexican citizens cross ...

Experts credit the compensation for making the U.S. one of the few countries that are self-sufficient in supplying plasma for ...

And your body recovers quickly. Plasma, the liquid portion of your blood, is replaced within 24 hours, and red blood cells ...

Catherine Rolfes was between jobs and starting to think about how to make some extra cash to put toward her bills when her ...

Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia worldwide and continues to be one of the greatest public health ...

The world’s supply of many life-saving medications depends on people in the United States deciding to sell their blood plasma ...