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Transplant of Tissue-Engineered Esophagus Seeded with Stem Cells

As reported in Nature Communications, researchers successfully transplanted tissue-engineered esophagi in rats. After harvesting esophagi from donor rats, researchers disrupted…

April 25, 2014

Restrictive Blood Transfusion Policies are Associated with a Lower Risk of Infection

A recent study published in JAMA adds support for the growing body of evidence recommending a restrictive red blood cell…

April 9, 2014

FDA Advisory Committee Supports Molecular Assay

The AABB in conjunction with the American Red Cross and America’s Blood Centers issued a joint statement last week before…

March 28, 2014

Recurrent Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Uncommon in Pregnancy

Acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare blood disorder where autoantibodies to the ADAMTS13 protease lead to small blood…

March 21, 2014

Washing Older Red Blood Cells Decreases Levels of Iron in Plasma

In a randomized trial of canines with Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia (n=6 per group) which were transfused with either 7- or…

March 7, 2014

The Odds of Transfusion Increase with Age

Although numerous transfusion guidelines do not state that the patient’s age should be a primary consideration in the decision to…

February 21, 2014

AABB Bulletin Highlights Recommendations to Reduce the Risk of Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI)

The AABB has released Association Bulletin #14-02 that summarizes the literature on the risks of transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)…

February 7, 2014

Allogeneic Platelet Transfusions May Alleviate T-cell Mediated Immune Thrombocytopenia

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disorder with a complex pathogenesis that appears to be caused by either platelet destruction…

January 24, 2014

Needle-Free Malaria Detection

Researchers from Rice University reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a non-invasive laser-based method to rapidly…

January 10, 2014

Red Blood Cell Transfusion Increases Platelet Aggregation in Anemic Patients

In the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Silvain and colleagues report that RBC transfusion increased platelet reactivity in…

January 3, 2014

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