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
Increased Plasma and Platelet Transfusion Ratios Associated with Decreased Mortality A recently published prospective cohort study of ten level I trauma centers in the US suggests that increased ratios of… November 7, 2012
Recurrence of ABO Blood Groups Stems From Trans-Species Polymorphism Researchers have new evidence that the ABO blood groups come from a trans-species polymorphism among distantly related species that has… November 7, 2012
Donor Red Cell Metabolites May Be Correlated with Post-transfusion RBC Survival Researchers who presented their work at the October AABB Conference in Boston, MA have shown that donor red blood cell… October 22, 2012
Researchers Co-transplant Marrow and Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Franconi Anemia Patient A team of researchers from Indiana University and Cook General Biotechnology has successfully co-transplanted bone marrow and marrow-derived mesenchymal stem/stromal… October 22, 2012
Multicenter Study Finds No Correlation between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and XMRV A multicenter blinded case-control study has confirmed that chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is not associated with xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related… October 5, 2012
Female Sex is not an Independent Risk Factor for Red Blood Cell Alloimmunization Researchers from the Sanquin-LUMC in the Netherlands have concluded that female sex alone is not sufficient to recommend extended crossmatching… October 5, 2012
L-leucine May Play Therapeutic Role in Diamond-Blackfan Anemia Two recent studies provide further preclinical evidence that L-leucine may play an important role in treating Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA), and… September 21, 2012
Systematic Review Finds Donations from Hemochromatosis Patients are Safe for Transfusion Hemochromatosis, primarily an inherited blood disorder characterized by iron overload, is treated with routine therapeutic phlebotomy. Although this therapy provides… September 7, 2012
West Nile Virus Outbreak in the United States According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the recent outbreak of West Nile virus in the United… September 7, 2012
