Biobanks for Population Health
As millions of consumers and providers add data to patient EHRs, a multitude of data will become available for the greater good. Researchers can anonymize the data and combine it with a large database containing vast amounts of information about the health of the population at a community level, nationally, or globally. In order to […]
Scientists Create Blood from Skin Cells
The American Red Cross collects 14,000 blood and platelet donations for patients every day for use in 2,600 hospitals nationwide. Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood or platelets for treatment associated with burns, traumatic accidents, heart surgery, organ transplants or treatment leukemia, cancer, or sickle cell disease. This past July, the Red […]
