WHO May Add Blood to Model List of Essential Medicines An application to include whole blood and red cells on the World Health Organization’s “Model List of Essential Medicines” has… January 25, 2013
Geostatistical Modeling Study Evaluates Global Distribution of Sickle Hemoglobin A geostatistical modeling study published in the journal The Lancet provides an updated understanding of the global epidemiology of the… January 25, 2013
Mixed Evidence On Cell Therapy For Ischemic Heart Disease Two recent randomized trials published in the Journal of the American Medical Association have reported diverging results regarding the safety… January 11, 2013
Pathogen-Reduction May Help Prevent Alloimmune Platelet Refractoriness Researchers from the University of Washington and Puget Sound Blood Center have demonstrated that pathogen-reduction may be an effective method… January 4, 2013
Albumin/Fresh Frozen Plasma Combination May be Effective for Plasma Exchange of TTP Patients Researchers from the North Shore LIJ Health System have demonstrated that a combination of 5% albumin and fresh frozen plasma… January 4, 2013
Prophylactic Platelet Transfusion May Help Avert Bleeding Researchers from the United Kingdom and Australia have found that patients not receiving prophylactic platelet transfusions may be at higher… December 28, 2012
Matrix-Assisted Laser Deabsorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Shows Promise for Blood Group Genotyping A collaborative project between researchers in Switzerland and Germany suggests that matrix-assisted laser deabsorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF… December 21, 2012
Donor Deferral of MSM May Inappropriately Conflate Group Membership with Individual Risk A review from researchers at Case Western Reserve University suggests that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) policy of deferring… December 21, 2012
HLA-haploidentical Bone Marrow Transplantation May be Alternative Cure for Sickle Cell Patients Researchers have shown that bone marrow transplantation using related HLA-haploidentical donors may be a safe and effective cure for sickle… December 7, 2012
Researchers Identify Gene Which Regulates Heme Synthesis A team of researchers led by Dr. Dhvanit Shah of Harvard Medical School has shown that mitochondrial ATPase inhibitory factor… November 20, 2012
