New program to deliver advanced training for medical technologists

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Paving the way to improved transplantation and new therapeutics

Paving the way to improved transplantation and new therapeutics Transplantation Thursday, January 11, 2024 Dr. Travis Sztainert This blog was written with the assistance of Canadian Blood Services senior development scientist Dr. Nicolas Pineault and research scientist Dr. Harinad Maganti. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) play a pivotal role in replenishing our blood and immune systems...

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Introducing our Research Ethics Board Chair!

Introducing our Research Ethics Board Chair! Transplantation Organs and Tissues Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Tuesday, January 09, 2024 Abby Wolfe To ensure ethical integrity is maintained in research activities, Canadian Blood Services’ independent Research Ethics Board (REB) reviews all research applications involving human participants that are intended to be conducted by, or on behalf...

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Top 5 R.E.D. Blog posts of 2023

Top 5 R.E.D. Blog posts of 2023 Transplantation Organs and Tissues Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Friday, December 15, 2023 Aldis Brennan Another year, another set of research, education, and discovery blogs. Here’s the top viewed articles of 2023: 5. Investigating the impact of age and diabetic status on blood product characteristics To expand the...

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