ORBCoN recaps the 19th Annual Transfusion Medicine Educational Symposium and Workshop Plasma Transfusion Blood Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Valérie Rhéaume This event summary was written by Valérie Rhéaume, North and East Ontario Regional Project Coordinator for the Ontario Regional Blood Coordinating Network (ORBCoN), and originally appeared in ORBCoN’s newsletter on June 17, 2024. It has...

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Canadian Blood Services researcher studies potential treatment for sickle cell disease Stem Cells Blood Thursday, June 13, 2024 Tricia Abe Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a debilitating genetic blood disorder that affects the production of hemoglobin, the red blood cell protein that carries oxygen from your lungs to tissues throughout your body. People with SCD...

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Sickle cell disease and the need for blood from African, Caribbean and Black communities Blood Tuesday, June 11, 2024 Aldis Brennan Sickle cell disease is an inherited condition most commonly affecting people of African, Caribbean, Middle Eastern and South Asian ancestry. To manage the disease, many people living with sickle cell disease need regular blood...

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Canadian Blood Services supports development of updated clinical guideline on transfusion for hemoglobinopathies Transfusion Blood Friday, June 07, 2024 Abby Wolfe Red blood cell transfusions may be a life-sustaining therapy for individuals living with sickle cell disease, thalassemia and other conditions that affect the structure, chemistry, or production of red blood cells— often referred to...

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Countdown to CSTM 2024: A return to the “City of Bridges” Transplantation Organs and Tissues Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Thursday, May 16, 2024 Dr. Bill Sheffield The Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine (CSTM) annual conference, held in partnership with Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Québec, is taking place May 23-26 in Saskatoon. Each year, the...

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One month left to enter the 2024 Lay Science Writing Competition! Transplantation Organs and Tissues Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Tuesday, May 14, 2024 Abby Wolfe 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. An...

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Countdown to CSTM 2024: Bringing research to life Transplantation Organs and Tissues Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Thursday, May 02, 2024 Dr. Jennie Haw The Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine (CSTM) annual conference, held in partnership with Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Québec, is taking place May 23-26 in Saskatoon. Each year, the CSTM conference provides...

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Countdown to CSTM 2024: A unique venue for ideas & reconnection Transplantation Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Thursday, April 25, 2024 Dr. Matthew Yan The Canadian Society for Transfusion Medicine (CSTM) annual conference, held in partnership with Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Québec, is taking place May 23-26 in Saskatoon. Each year, the CSTM conference provides...

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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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