Should Platelet Donors be Paid? While red blood cell transfusions have decreased over the past several years, platelet transfusions have increased. In an editorial published… April 27, 2021
Antibodies to Platelet Factor 4 are Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia In the fight against SARS-CoV-2, many highly effective vaccines have been rapidly developed with different vectors and spike (S) protein… April 21, 2021
Sutimlimab, a Monoclonal Antibody, to Treat Cold Agglutinin Disease Cold agglutinin disease is a rare autoimmune hemolytic anemia that affects 12 per million individuals and is caused by IgM… April 13, 2021
Evaluation of PrEP/PEP Deferrals and U.S. House of Representatives Question MSM Deferral Policy for Blood Donors Since 1983, the U.S. FDA has issued exclusionary regulations for blood donations from men who have had sex with other… April 7, 2021
42-Day Old RBCs Deliver Oxygen as Well as 7-Day Old RBCs Many studies have investigated the physiological, biochemical, and structural abnormalities that RBCs acquire during storage, but few have managed to… March 29, 2021
SARS-CoV-2 Preferentially Binds Blood Group A Expressed on Epithelial Cells Genome-wide studies and other observational studies have found an association between ABO(H) blood group and the likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 infection. … March 24, 2021
T helper Cells and Alloimmunization in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease Alloimmunization can lead to life-threatening hemolytic transfusion reactions and make it difficult to find compatible blood. While it is unknown… March 16, 2021
Increase in New Blood Donors during the COVID-19 Pandemic Blood donations increased, especially from new donors, during 9/11 in the U.S., recent bushfires in Australia, and other major crises. … March 10, 2021
Higher Donor Body Mass Index is Associated with Increased RBC Hemolysis Red blood cell (RBC) donor characteristics, collection, processing, storage, and transfusion have been well studied, but how the factors interact… March 3, 2021
Randomized Noninferiority Trial of Restrictive Transfusion Thresholds for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Restrictive transfusion thresholds have been found to be beneficial for most patients. Anemia, however, is associated with poor outcomes in… February 24, 2021
