This article is authored by Dr Joy John Mammen, professor, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology, Christian Medical College, Vellore.

A safe and sustainable blood supply remains elusive for many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The World Health Organization (WHO) considers blood and blood components to be essential ...

CONCORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cerus Corporation (Nasdaq: CERS) today announced the start of the INITIATE study by the German Red Cross Blood Donation Service Baden-Württemberg – Hessen and its ...

Blood transfusion remains a cornerstone of modern medical practice, ensuring timely and effective treatment for conditions ranging from severe anaemia to complicated surgical procedures. With ...

The US Food and Drug Administration is considering a requirement for blood banks to use a new test that can detect the parasites that cause malaria in certain donors’ blood, and it’s seeking the ...

On returning from college recently, Kolkata-based Anusha (name changed) — a thalassaemia patient who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion a few years ago — read a headline that gave her pause.

Offering non-monetary incentives such as free access to outpatient consultations to frequent blood donors is linked to an increase in donations without compromising blood safety, finds a study from ...

A hospital in the US has had to concede to an unusual request from patients requiring blood transfusions: that they come from donors who haven’t been vaccinated against covid-19. This has led to ...

Offering non-monetary incentives such as free access to outpatient consultations to frequent blood donors is linked to an increase in donations without compromising blood safety, finds a study from ...

NOTICE: The project that oversees this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Science, the ...