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
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
