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
Non-O Blood Groups Associated with Higher Coronary Heart Disease Risk A recent study and analysis by Dr. Lu Qi and colleagues from the Harvard University found that even after controlling… August 24, 2012
AABB Conference on Secondary Bacterial Screening of Platelets In a one-day public conference held in July 2012, members from AABB and others in the transfusion medicine community discussed… August 24, 2012
Cultured Human Red Blood Cells At the International Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion, researchers from the Bristol Institute for Transfusion Services presented… August 6, 2012
Studies suggest that platelet development continues in the bloodstream Researchers from the University of Utah presented at the International Congress of the International Society of Blood Transfusion that platelet… August 6, 2012
RBCs May Remain Viable After Extended Exposure to Settings Outside Controlled Temperature Range A systematic review published by Brunksill et al. in Transfusion Medicine Reviews evaluated existing quality guidelines for RBC exposure to… July 20, 2012
