Chronic Transfusions Reduce Strokes Among Children with Sickle Cell Anemia Silent cerebral infarcts occur in approximately one third of children with sickle cell anemia and are associated with lower IQ… September 5, 2014
Low Threat of an Ebola Outbreak in High-Resource Countries Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the United States, wrote a perspective for… August 22, 2014
Most U.S. Patients are Likely to Find a Match for Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplants Hematopoietic stem-cell transplants (HSCT) from either cord blood or adult volunteer donors are often used to treat patients with blood… August 15, 2014
Reduced Transfusion-Transmitted Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Infections in Sub-Saharan Africa Preventing transfusion-transmitted infections such as hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) is important to ensure a safe blood supply…. August 8, 2014
Scientists Design a Bioreactor to Produce Platelets In Vitro In the United States, over 2 million units of platelets per year are transfused, but shortages for platelets are common… August 1, 2014
Iron Supplementation May Reduce Deferral and Iron Deficiency in Blood Donors Retaining blood donors is important. Up to 5% of new blood donors, however, are deferred because of low hemoglobin. Although… July 25, 2014
Platelet Rich Plasma Injections Are Not Beneficial for Acute Hamstring Injuries Platelet rich plasma (PRP) is a plasma component that is enriched with platelets. Within the past 15 years, PRP use has… July 11, 2014
Iron Deficiency in Blood Donors Based on data from the CDC, 8-19% of women 20-49 years of age have iron deficiency in the United States. … June 27, 2014
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Donation is Safe As hematopoietic cell transplantations become more prevalent, it is important to ensure the safety of harvesting bone marrow (BM) or… June 13, 2014
Both Patients and Physicians Perceive Blood Transfusions as Risky In non-trauma cases, the decision to transfuse is usually made jointly between the patient and the physician. A recent survey-based… June 6, 2014
