… Blood Services’ Cord Blood Bank delivers first unit to a Canadian hospital Canadian Blood Services’ Cord Blood Bank … – Canadian Blood Services’ Cord Blood Bank has delivered a cord blood unit for the transplant of stem cells to the … due to the generosity of mothers donating their baby’s cord blood, the number of cord blood units available for …

… including the Vancouver Canucks have teamed up to run a new #MenGiveLife stem cell recruitment campaign. It runs … campaign is to boost the number of male donors on Canada’s adult stem cell registry. Stem cells from young men can … more men to use their power to give life by registering as a stem cell donor at blood.ca. Gudbranson recently joined the …

… Network Friday, September 09, 2016 Progress report shows a decade of national collaboration is working to save more … Organ Donation and Transplant Network have released a report detailing a decade’s worth of data on national organ donation and …

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… Plasma collection in Canada: Stakeholder input a key part of an evidence-based approach Plasma plasma … of resources to improve effectiveness. Can the U.S. plasma industry continue to meet growing national and … our reliance on the U.S. market make Canada vulnerable to a disruption in supply? Those are questions that we, and many …

… Shining a light on platelet quality Transfusion Blood Jenny Ryan Meet … to measure quality of platelets Dr. Elisabeth Maurer’s years of research on platelet function led to a discovery about the temperature response of platelets. This …

… POST : This post was updated on Feb. 10, 2017 to include a link to the peer-reviewed national ferritin study … among donors and as a result of the research team’s extensive studies of iron status of donors, two new … for male whole blood donors will be increased to 130 g/L, effective Mar. 5, 2017. Female whole blood donors will …

… in the treatment of autoimmune disease Dr. Lazarus is a Canadian Blood Services scientist whose research focuses on … immune thrombocytopenia. In this bleeding disorder, a faulty immune system attacks and destroys platelets, which … in plasma improve patient health.   Image Dr. Sheffield’s research group has identified one plasma protein of …

… It’s still in you to give: donating blood for research in … Services. But for some people — such as those of us with a mixed bag of travel and medical histories — it isn’t so easy to just show up, roll up (a sleeve) and then settle back as this life-giving liquid …

… between blood donations and male donors will need to pass a slightly stricter hemoglobin test. Starting Dec. 10, female … donors will increase starting March 5, 2017 from 125 g/L to 130 g/L. “We continue to promote the health and wellness … but it is also found in other parts of the body. It’s possible to have normal hemoglobin levels but to have low …