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Image: The INTERCEPT Blood system for platelets (Photo courtesy of Cerus).

Pathogen Reduction System for Treating Platelets Approved

Despite 10 years of efforts to improve bacterial culture testing, bacterial contamination of platelet components is the second most common cause of transfusion related death in the USA.   More...
14 Jan 2015
Image: Operating principle of the photothermal spectral-domain optical coherence reflectometer (PT SD-OCR) sensor for hemoglobin measurement (Photo image courtesy of Yonsei University).

Hemoglobin Assay Performed with Photothermal Optical Sensor

An optical sensor, termed a photothermal spectral-domain optical coherence reflectometer is capable of direct measurement of hemoglobin concentration without chemicals and preprocessing of blood.  More...
11 Jan 2015
Image: Histology of chronic inflammation of upper dermis with perivascular lymphocytic infiltrate and intraepidermal lymphocytes from a patient with graft versus host disease (Photo courtesy of Dr. Amy Lynn).

Test Predicts Treatment Response to Leukemia Stem Cell Transplants

A new test may reveal which patients will respond to treatment for graft versus host disease, an often life-threatening complication of stem cell transplants used to treat leukemia and other blood disorders.  More...
06 Jan 2015
Image: A tissue sample image created by the new lens-free microscope (Photo courtesy of Prof. Aydogan Ozcan).

Lens-Free Microscope Creates Images from Pathology Slides

A lens-free microscope has been developed that can be used to detect the presence of cancer or other cell-level abnormalities with the same accuracy as larger and more expensive optical microscopes.   More...
31 Dec 2014
Image: Scanning electron micrograph of Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus-1 (HTLV-I) (green) infecting a human T-lymphocyte (yellow) (Photo courtesy of Dr. Dennis Kunkel).

Test Confirms Presence of Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus-I/II Antibodies

A supplemental test for Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus-I/II has been licensed and is intended for use as an additional, more specific test for human serum or plasma specimens that have previously tested positive on other HTLV-I/II blood donor screening tests.  More...
29 Dec 2014
Image: Peripheral blood smear of a patient with hemoglobin SS disease. Arrows indicate classic sickle cells (Photo courtesy of the University of North Carolina).

Biochip Technology Improves Sickle Cell Disease Outcomes

Although it is well-known that red cell interactions are important in sickle cell disease, the technology to date has not allowed physician-scientists to evaluate these properties on a large scale basis.  More...
28 Dec 2014
Image: Collecting blood for transfusion (Photo courtesy of Toby Melville).

Cardiac Patients Given Less Blood During Transfusions Do Well

Blood transfusion might affect long-term mortality by changing immune function and thus potentially increasing the risk of subsequent infections and cancer recurrence.  More...
24 Dec 2014
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