To help address platelet shortages and streamline blood center operations, The Blood Center in New Orleans has become the ...

East Hills, NY (Sept. 19, 2007) -- Each year in the U.S. millions of blood donors see a critical part of their donation literally go down the drain. Of the 14.4 million units of whole blood collected ...

LAKE ZURICH, Ill. & WORCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A $30 test that takes fewer than 30 minutes to perform can prevent potentially deadly transfusions of bacterial contamination in platelets, ...

Napa resident Nancy Burlingame remembers the day her father’s life hung in the balance after he suffered an aneurysm. Hospital staff were searching desperately for blood for a transfusion during his ...

LAKEWOOD, Colo., Feb. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance and official launch of its IMUGARD ® WB Platelet ...

Bendamustine treatment before apheresis is known to reduce survival in large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) patients receiving chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. Bendamustine has been shown to ...

For those who want to donate blood, but are squeamish about the needle, dedicated and decades-long donor Dan Ertel has one piece of simple advice. ”Look that way,” he said with a laugh, looking away ...

For those who want to donate blood, but are squeamish about the needle, dedicated and decades-long donor Dan Ertel has one piece of simple advice. “Look that way,” he said with a laugh, looking away ...

EUGENE, Ore. — For those who want to donate blood, but are squeamish about the needle, dedicated and decadeslong donor Dan Ertel has one piece of simple advice. “Look that way,” he said with a laugh, ...

I like to dedicate a couple of columns each year to blood donation because Lee Health and our community are the grateful beneficiaries of the generosity of blood donors who help keep an adequate blood ...

Thetoday reported on the most serious infectious risks facing the blood supply: bacterial contamination of donated platelets. In its article, titled “The Biggest Blood Supply Risk: Tainted Platelets,” ...

The global apheresis market is expected to grow at a CAGR of ~8% during the forecast period. The market expansion is driven by the increasing prevalence of chronic and autoimmune diseases, growing ...