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Archives for May–August 2016

Combinations of Monoclonal Antibodies Efficiently Suppress Red Blood Cell Alloimmunization in Mice

Polyclonal anti-RhD antibodies are used to prevent hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. These antibodies are currently collected from…

August 31, 2016

Mandatory Blood Screening to Prevent Transfusion-Transmission of Zika Virus

Two platelet transfusion recipients acquired the Zika virus from their transfusions, as recently reported in The New England Journal of…

August 29, 2016

New Drug for Leishmaniasis, Chagas Disease and Sleeping Sickness

Leishmaniasis, Chagas disease and sleeping sickness are transfusion-transmitted diseases. These diseases affect more than 20 million people annually in Latin…

August 18, 2016

Leukoreduction Alone May Be Sufficient to Prevent Transfusion-Transmitted Cytomegalovirus Infection in Preterm Infants

Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is common and typically asymptomatic among healthy individuals, but it can be life-threatening in immunodeficient patients…

August 10, 2016

FDA Recommends Screening Blood for Zika Virus in South Florida after Reports of Local Transmission

Last week, the Florida Health Department reported four local mosquito-borne cases of Zika virus in South Florida. Currently, officials believe…

August 1, 2016

Four Years of Transfusion News

July 30th 2016 marks the four-year anniversary of Transfusion News. It has been exciting to watch the website grow from…

July 28, 2016

Most Blood Donors Are Motivated by Altruism

The Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study-II (REDS-II) is currently monitoring more than 50% of the U.S. blood donations. From 2010 to…

July 27, 2016

Association of Increased Death in Transfusion Recipients from Young or Female Donors

In an observational cohort study over seven years, 30,503 red blood cells (RBC) transfusion recipients who received close to 188,000…

July 20, 2016

Transfusions and Hospital IV Injections Likely Contributed to the Spread of HIV and Other Blood-borne Viruses in Africa

Although the exact source and factors leading to the HIV pandemic are unclear, it has been suggested that iatrogenic transmission,…

July 13, 2016

No Evidence of Transfusion-Transmission of Neurodegenerative Disorders

Misfolded proteins aggregate in the brain in many neurodegenerative disorders, and animal studies have shown that protein misfolding can be…

July 6, 2016

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