Up to 1,000 additional blood platelet donors are needed in the coming year to meet demand, as "there is no substitute for ...
Background Up to half of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) require cardiac surgery. Although anaemia is common, its precise prevalence, transfusion practices and impact on outcomes in ...
On December 21, 1933, biochemists Stuart Mudd and Earl Flosdorf tasted success for the first time in their efforts to prepare dried human blood serum. While it remained a novelty until the onset of ...
Hannah Poole has needed countless transfusions to keep her strong for cancer treatment, inspiring her dad Adam to become a regular donor [Family Photo] Teenager Hannah Poole was just three when she ...
Teenager Hannah Poole was just three when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in 2013. She needed months of chemotherapy, at the end of which her family thought the rare blood and ...
Research has proven frozen blood platelets are safe and effective for use in critically injured patients—a breakthrough dramatically extending their shelf life for transfusions from one week to two ...
Research has proven frozen blood platelets are safe and effective for use in critically injured patients—a breakthrough dramatically extending their shelf life for transfusions from one week to two ...
The potential for a much longer shelf life means the life-saving treatment could be used in rural and remote areas as well as combat zones. Colleen Stieler-Hunt says blood platelets helped save her ...