A summary of recent discoveries advancing the understanding and treatment of hemophilia Transfusion Blood Wednesday, April 17, 2024 Dr. Travis Sztainert Hemophilia is a rare bleeding disorder that undermines blood's regular clotting mechanism. There are two types of hemophilia, known as hemophilia A and hemophilia B, which are caused by a shortage or lack of...

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Blood Efficiency Accelerator Award Program helping team establish national best practices for out-of-hospital transfusions Organs and Tissues Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Tuesday, April 09, 2024 Abby Wolfe Canadian Blood Services has multiple competitive funding programs open to Canadian researchers that pursue projects related to our research priorities. Since 2017, Canadian Blood Services’ Blood Efficiency...

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Pushing the boundaries of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: Insights from cutting-edge pre-clinical research Transplantation Stem Cells Blood Thursday, March 28, 2024 Tanvir Hasan This blog was written by Tanvir Hasan, a senior research assistant in the lab of Canadian Blood Services research scientist, Dr. Hari Maganti, with collaboration from Ajay Ratan Pasala (PhD candidate) and...

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New program to deliver advanced training for medical technologists Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Tuesday, March 05, 2024 Dr. Jelena Holovati and Dr. Gwen Clarke This blog post was adapted from a blog post from the May 2023 issue of ORBCoN's newsletter and a Letter to the Editor published in the peer-reviewed journal, Immunohematology,1 in...

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Earl W. Davie Symposium 2023: Seventeen years of connecting through science sharing Transfusion Blood Wednesday, February 21, 2024 Dr. Travis Sztainert Our partnership with the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is helping to train the next generation of researchers in transfusion science. This blog post highlights just some...

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Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 Criteria Transplantation Organs and Tissues Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Friday, February 16, 2024 Cathy Jones Background  Recipients of the Canadian Blood Services Lifetime Achievement Awards are individuals whose landmark contributions are recognized as both extraordinary and world class in the field of transfusion and transplantation medicine, stem cell or cord...

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Microbiology lab reflects on 20 years of advancing knowledge and providing evidence to improve blood component safety Transfusion Blood Tuesday, February 13, 2024 Sandra Ramirez-Arcos This post was written by Canadian Blood Services senior scientist, Dr. Sandra Ramirez-Arcos, on behalf of the microbiology lab, affectionately known as the Micro Lab, located at Canadian Blood Services’...

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Unveiling trogocytosis: A breakthrough in understanding antibody-mediated immune suppression Plasma Transfusion Tuesday, February 06, 2024 Dr. Travis Sztainert This blog was written with the assistance of Canadian Blood Services senior scientist, Dr. Alan Lazarus. Yoelys Cruz Leal giving a presentation at ISBT in Gothenburg, which led up to the published article. In transfusion science, groundbreaking...

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Canadian Blood Services announces new Dana Devine Award Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Dr. Travis Sztainert Our partnership with the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is helping to train the next generation of researchers in transfusion science. This is a repost of a blog written...

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Physician trainee promotes uptake of patient blood management in new publication Transfusion Blood Thursday, January 18, 2024 Dr. Sumedha Arya Dr. Sumedha Arya is a physician trainee with Canadian Blood Services and recipient of the Elianna Saidenberg Transfusion Medicine Traineeship Award. She is also the lead author of a publication in the peer-reviewed journal Transfusion,...

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