Sentences with phrase «cells from a blood plasma»

Vortex's system uses a microfluidic chip to generate tiny vortices that trap larger, more deformable cancer cells from a blood plasma sample.

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During pregnancy, many women suffering from HELLP syndrome require a transfusion of some form of blood product (red cells, platelets, plasma).

They received either a saline placebo or plasma — blood from which the red cells have been removed — from blood donors aged 18 — 30.

The method relies on a special dye that shows up brown when mixed with whole blood, but turns teal when mixed with plasma that has been separated from red blood cells.

Then there's the West Palm Beach symposium, held to recruit participants for a study testing what happens when aging people get infusions of plasma (the fluid part of blood packed with signaling proteins and other molecules but no red or white cells) from young people who've taken a drug meant to activate their immune system.

Plasma from old mice didn't have a strong effect when injected into young mice genetically engineered to lack VCAM1 in certain blood - brain barrier cells.

Although myeloma is, like leukemias and lymphomas, a cancer involving white blood cells known as lymphocytes, myeloma cells don't traditionally express CD19 on their surface because they arise from the most mature type of lymphocytes — plasma cells.

In each blood sample, the researchers separated the plasma, the liquid part of the blood, from the blood cells.

The cell - free DNA extracted from the plasma and, separately, the genome of white blood cells were then sequenced using the high - intensity, 508 - gene sequencing assay.

Or they can treat patients with plasma exchange, in which the body's red blood cells are separated from the plasma (which carries the antibodies and other immune cells) and then returned without the plasma.

It turns out that all pregnant women carry some fetal cells and DNA, with up to 6 percent of the free - floating DNA in the mother's blood plasma coming from the fetus.

In the new study, he and his team sequenced DNA from the plasma — blood minus the cells — of a woman who was 18.5 weeks pregnant.

The cells were mixed with platelet - dense plasma isolated from the patients» blood and injected into their eyes.

Tissues being sampled include biopsy material from target organs, peripheral blood cells and serum / plasma, germline DNA, and stool for microbiota analysis.

Plasma from stored packed red blood cells and MHC class I antibodies causes acute lung injury in a 2 - event in vivo rat model.

Plasma cells develop from B lymphocytes (B cells), a type of white blood cell that is made in the bone marrow.

The Clinical Core of the Cleveland Alcohol Center can provide CAC investigators to access to de-identified biological samples (tissue biopsy, plasma / serum, urine, DNA and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from patients with different stages of alcoholic liver disease, as well as healthy control subjects.

Injections of Growth Factors, when used for many other types of medical treatments, are made from a patient's own blood and blood cells and is called PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) or PDGF (Platelet Derived Growth Factors) Therapy.

On arrival, the samples were centrifuged (1200 × g, 15 min, room temperature) to separate plasma from buffy coat and red blood cells, and the samples were frozen in liquid nitrogen until they were analyzed.

As blood flows throughout the body, a thin, yellow fluid called plasma leaks out from blood vessels and mixes with interstitial fluid and water to surround the cells in different tissues.

Platelet - rich plasma is obtained via a process called centrifugation that removes red and white blood cells from a blood sample while leaving behind a high concentration of platelets in the plasma.

Even though red blood cells in the plasma don't play a role in the cooling process, your body doesn't separate the red blood cells (oxygen carriers) from the plasma and all are brought to the skin to cool.

The fundraising efforts enabled the RVC to invest in a piece of equipment used to facilitate the separation of plasma from red blood cells, which ensures that donated blood is used as efficiently as possible.

Next, the cells are mixed with special enzymes to «digest» any residual fat and connective tissue, which are then «activated» by mixing them with «plasma rich platelets» extracted from the animal's blood cells.

In the case of hemorrhage, for example, fluid is lost from the intravascular space (i.e., plasma) but also from the ICF in the cells lost (e.g., red blood cells, white blood cells).

Hemolysis can falsely increase cholinesterase levels in serum / plasma samples by releasing more of these enzymes from destroyed red blood cells.

When plasma is separated (or spun out) from the blood cells, what results is a «functional * protein product»; in other words, albumin and globulin, and in one word: plasma.

Long said the most common treatment for dogs experiencing hemorrhages from trauma is plasma or red blood cell transfusions.

The concept here is to harvest blood from the patient and separate out the red and white blood cells leaving behind the plasma and platelets.

Generally, decreases are seen in glucose and calcium levels while phosphorus and potassium are increased in affected samples.7 Even though barrier gels separate blood cells from fluid components, they are capable of absorbing certain hormones and drugs, such as progesterone and phenobarbital.8 In addition, centrifuging samples using a fixed - head rotor centrifuge can allow gaps to develop in the gel barrier.4 This is why it is recommended to separate serum and plasma samples after centrifugation regardless of whether a separator gel is present in the tube.

Conversely, lithium heparin is a generally safe anticoagulant for plasma chemistry and electrolyte analysis, but it distorts blood cells and should not be used for evaluation of cell morphology in samples from mammals.6

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maintained calibration and proper function of equipment on a regular basis • Entered data from tests into physician reports; discussed abnormal results with supervisor and re-ran tests before logging data into patient's medical Plasma Laboratories — January 2013 — Present • Monitor the heat sealing and aseptic sampling of plasma units; place units of plasma into freezer in timely manner in order to ensure quality of product • Label plasma samples and units properly and store according to policy; manage an average of 50 different plasma units on a regular basis • Evaluate refrigerator and freezer temperatures ad inform supervisor if equipment is malfunctioning • Maintain efficient and clean work environment and ensure inventory is stocked properly; answer phones and answer questions or transfer calls to appropriate departmentLab Technician I — ABC Medical Technologies, Inc. — May 2007 — January 2013 • Operated laboratory equipment, such as cell counters and microscopes, to analyze urine, blood, and tissue samples; recorded both normal and abnormal findings; had less than a.1 percent margin of error in sample findings • Used computerized instruments and automated equipment to perform multiple tests at one time; maintained calibration and proper function of equipment on a regular basis • Entered data from tests into physician reports; discussed abnormal results with supervisor and re-ran tests before logging data into patient's medical plasma units; place units of plasma into freezer in timely manner in order to ensure quality of product • Label plasma samples and units properly and store according to policy; manage an average of 50 different plasma units on a regular basis • Evaluate refrigerator and freezer temperatures ad inform supervisor if equipment is malfunctioning • Maintain efficient and clean work environment and ensure inventory is stocked properly; answer phones and answer questions or transfer calls to appropriate departmentLab Technician I — ABC Medical Technologies, Inc. — May 2007 — January 2013 • Operated laboratory equipment, such as cell counters and microscopes, to analyze urine, blood, and tissue samples; recorded both normal and abnormal findings; had less than a.1 percent margin of error in sample findings • Used computerized instruments and automated equipment to perform multiple tests at one time; maintained calibration and proper function of equipment on a regular basis • Entered data from tests into physician reports; discussed abnormal results with supervisor and re-ran tests before logging data into patient's medical plasma into freezer in timely manner in order to ensure quality of product • Label plasma samples and units properly and store according to policy; manage an average of 50 different plasma units on a regular basis • Evaluate refrigerator and freezer temperatures ad inform supervisor if equipment is malfunctioning • Maintain efficient and clean work environment and ensure inventory is stocked properly; answer phones and answer questions or transfer calls to appropriate departmentLab Technician I — ABC Medical Technologies, Inc. — May 2007 — January 2013 • Operated laboratory equipment, such as cell counters and microscopes, to analyze urine, blood, and tissue samples; recorded both normal and abnormal findings; had less than a.1 percent margin of error in sample findings • Used computerized instruments and automated equipment to perform multiple tests at one time; maintained calibration and proper function of equipment on a regular basis • Entered data from tests into physician reports; discussed abnormal results with supervisor and re-ran tests before logging data into patient's medical plasma samples and units properly and store according to policy; manage an average of 50 different plasma units on a regular basis • Evaluate refrigerator and freezer temperatures ad inform supervisor if equipment is malfunctioning • Maintain efficient and clean work environment and ensure inventory is stocked properly; answer phones and answer questions or transfer calls to appropriate departmentLab Technician I — ABC Medical Technologies, Inc. — May 2007 — January 2013 • Operated laboratory equipment, such as cell counters and microscopes, to analyze urine, blood, and tissue samples; recorded both normal and abnormal findings; had less than a.1 percent margin of error in sample findings • Used computerized instruments and automated equipment to perform multiple tests at one time; maintained calibration and proper function of equipment on a regular basis • Entered data from tests into physician reports; discussed abnormal results with supervisor and re-ran tests before logging data into patient's medical plasma units on a regular basis • Evaluate refrigerator and freezer temperatures ad inform supervisor if equipment is malfunctioning • Maintain efficient and clean work environment and ensure inventory is stocked properly; answer phones and answer questions or transfer calls to appropriate departmentLab Technician I — ABC Medical Technologies, Inc. — May 2007 — January 2013 • Operated laboratory equipment, such as cell counters and microscopes, to analyze urine, blood, and tissue samples; recorded both normal and abnormal findings; had less than a.1 percent margin of error in sample findings • Used computerized instruments and automated equipment to perform multiple tests at one time; maintained calibration and proper function of equipment on a regular basis • Entered data from tests into physician reports; discussed abnormal results with supervisor and re-ran tests before logging data into patient's medical record