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| Length of DNA strands can predict life expectancy Posted: 10 Mar 2013 01:42 PM PDT Can the length of strands of DNA in patients with heart disease predict their life expectancy? Researchers who studied the DNA of more that 3,500 patients with heart disease, say yes it can. |
| Store donated blood for more than 3 weeks? Say NO (nitric oxide) Posted: 10 Mar 2013 01:42 PM PDT Transfusion of donated blood more than three weeks old results in impaired blood vessel function, a new study of hospital patients shows. Blood banks now consider six weeks to be the maximum permitted storage time of blood for use in transfusion, but recent studies have suggested transfusing blood stored for more than a few weeks has adverse effects in patients undergoing cardiac surgery or critical care. |
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