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Image: The membrane-based microfluidic device for the deglycerolization of red blood cells (Photo courtesy of Oregon State University).

Cryopreservation Significantly Extends Shelf Life of Blood

A method to rapidly prepare frozen red blood cells for transfusions has been reported, which may offer an important new way to manage the world's blood supply.  More...
02 Dec 2014
Image: The BN II protein analyzer system (Photo courtesy of Siemens).

Sickle Cell Trait Linked to Chronic Kidney Disease Risk

Sickle cell trait is defined as inheritance of a single copy of the sickle mutation that results from a single base pair substitution in the gene encoding the β-globin chain of hemoglobin.   More...
30 Nov 2014
Image: The causative parasite of Chagas disease Trypanosoma cruzi in a blood film (Photo courtesy of the CDC - US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

Undiagnosed Chagas Disease Emerging as Public Health Threat

Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is typically spread to people through the feces of blood-sucking triatomine bugs sometimes called kissing bugs because they feed on people's faces during the night.  More...
24 Nov 2014
Image: A unit of typed platelets for transfusion (Photo courtesy of Seth Eisenberg, RN).

Guidelines Issued on Appropriate Use of Platelet Transfusion

Platelet transfusions are administered to prevent or treat bleeding in patients with quantitative or qualitative platelet disorders and new guidelines have been issued that specify clinical situations in which platelet transfusion is recommended in adult patients.  More...
23 Nov 2014
Image: Immunochromatographic strip test for Hb Bart’s in blood samples of α0-thalassemia heterozygote and individuals double heterozygous for homozygous Hb E and α0-thalassemia and α0β-thalassemia double heterozygote (Photo courtesy of Mahidol University).

Immunochromatographic Strip Endorsed for α-Thalassemia Screening

Thalassemia is an autosomal recessive inherited genetic disorder of the red blood cells causing by reduction or absence of one or more globin chains of hemoglobin (Hb) molecules.   More...
19 Nov 2014
Image: Quotient manufactures a range of reagent red cells for use in both patient and donor testing applications. All panels are manufactured from pre-selected donors, thus providing consistent high quality products (Photo courtesy of Quotient Limited).

New Reagent Red Cell Products Unveiled at Annual Blood Banking Meeting

Four new reagent red cell diagnostic products were unveiled at a blood banking meeting.  More...
03 Nov 2014
Image: Photomicrograph of a hypocellular bone marrow biopsy, due to lack of hematopoietic cells, from a patient with aplastic anemia (Photo courtesy of the Autonomous University of Zacatecas).

Gene Mutation Discovered in Blood Disorder Aplastic Anemia

A gene mutation has been discovered that causes aplastic anemia, a serious blood disorder in which the bone marrow fails to produce normal amounts of blood cells.  More...
07 Oct 2014
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