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Dithiothreitol (DTT)-based Method Validated for Blood Compatibility Testing in Patients Taking Daratumumab

Daratumumab (DARA), an immunoglobulin that targets CD38 on myeloma cells, was recently approved by the U.S. FDA. DARA, however, also…

September 14, 2016

Cord Blood Transplants Beneficial When Matched Donors Cannot Be Found

The majority of patients in need of allogeneic hematopoietic cell-transplants do not have HLA-matched donors available. Researchers recently performed a…

September 14, 2016

Surveys Report Fewer Blood Collections and Transfusions in 2013

The AABB Blood Collection, Utilization, and Patient Blood Management Survey and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National…

September 7, 2016

Combinations of Monoclonal Antibodies Efficiently Suppress Red Blood Cell Alloimmunization in Mice

Polyclonal anti-RhD antibodies are used to prevent hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. These antibodies are currently collected from…

August 31, 2016

Mandatory Blood Screening to Prevent Transfusion-Transmission of Zika Virus

Two platelet transfusion recipients acquired the Zika virus from their transfusions, as recently reported in The New England Journal of…

August 29, 2016

New Drug for Leishmaniasis, Chagas Disease and Sleeping Sickness

Leishmaniasis, Chagas disease and sleeping sickness are transfusion-transmitted diseases. These diseases affect more than 20 million people annually in Latin…

August 18, 2016

Leukoreduction Alone May Be Sufficient to Prevent Transfusion-Transmitted Cytomegalovirus Infection in Preterm Infants

Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is common and typically asymptomatic among healthy individuals, but it can be life-threatening in immunodeficient patients…

August 10, 2016

FDA Recommends Screening Blood for Zika Virus in South Florida after Reports of Local Transmission

Last week, the Florida Health Department reported four local mosquito-borne cases of Zika virus in South Florida. Currently, officials believe…

August 1, 2016

Most Blood Donors Are Motivated by Altruism

The Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II) is currently monitoring more than 50% of the U.S. blood donations. From 2010 to…

July 27, 2016

Association of Increased Death in Transfusion Recipients from Young or Female Donors

In an observational cohort study over seven years, 30,503 red blood cells (RBC) transfusion recipients who received close to 188,000…

July 20, 2016

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