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Graduate fellow, Cindy Tong, heads to Taiwan on a CIHR Travel Program Award


Wednesday, June 8, 2016

… Graduate fellow, Cindy Tong, heads to Taiwan on a CIHR Travel Program Award Transfusion Jenny Ryan Ms. Tong is a Canadian Blood Services' graduate fellowship program award … Can you describe your experience in Dr. Branch’s lab? When I decided to continue my education in graduate …

To give life, become a blood donor


Tuesday, August 21, 2018

… To give life, become a blood donor National Blood Donor Week #GiveLife #NBDW2016 … 13, 2016 National Blood Donor Week reminds us we each have a blood type to give (OTTAWA) – To mark National Blood Donor … is grateful to blood donors for their support. See Kelly’s story : “I wish donors would get to know that because of …

The ABCs of ABO Blood Types


Tuesday, June 14, 2016

… of ABO Blood Types Transfusion Blood Amanda Maxwell It's National Blood Donor Week and we're celebrating blood … donors from across the country who make a lifesaving difference to patients in need. Each of us has … life: ABOAB. This acronym refers to  four blood groups — A, B, AB, and O. Blood type is one way we are all connected …

Stem cell and chemo combination therapy yields MS breakthrough at The Ottawa Hospital


Tuesday, June 21, 2016

… Hospital and the University of Ottawa recently announced a breakthrough in the treatment of patients with early, … aggressive multiple sclerosis (MS). The treatment is a stem cell and chemo combination therapy. Canadian Blood …     The trial, led by Dr. Harold Atkins and Dr. Mark S. Freedman of The Ottawa Hospital and the University of …

Blood donation waiting period for men who have sex with men reduced to one year


Tuesday, August 21, 2018

… Aug. 15. Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Québec, Québec’s blood operator, will make the change at the same time. …

What's the risk of infection from a blood transfusion?


Wednesday, June 29, 2016

… What's the risk of infection from a blood transfusion? Transfusion … Blood Jenny Ryan What's the risk of infection from a blood transfusion?  Dr. Sheila O’Brien knows the answer. …

And the award goes to…


Wednesday, July 6, 2016

… Clinical Science Award , which recognizes his team’s success in identifying the role of HLA antibodies in … Award The 2016 Annual American Transplant Congress — a Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Transplant … Transplantation (AST) — was held in Boston on June 11–15. A gathering of transplantation medicine professionals, it is …

Researchers find unexpected association between younger donor age, female sex and transfusion outcomes


Tuesday, July 3, 2018

… receive the safest transfusions possible.”  Ottawa, ON - - A large Canadian study has shown a link between blood donor characteristics and transfusion … your clinical outcome may be affected by the blood donor’s age and sex,” said senior author Dr. Dean Fergusson, a …

Researchers find unexpected association between younger donor age, female sex and transfusion outcomes


Tuesday, August 21, 2018

… blood transfusion Monday, July 11, 2016 (OTTAWA) – A large Canadian study has shown a link between blood donor characteristics and transfusion … your clinical outcome may be affected by the blood donor’s age and sex,” said senior author Dr. Dean Fergusson, a …

Data dig uncovers associations between donor characteristics and patient outcomes


Wednesday, July 13, 2016

… and ensure the healthiest possible outcomes for patients. A unique collaboration between Canadian Blood Services, The … in every red blood cell unit because each one comes from a unique, individual donor.  This study sought out to uncover … questions that will help us better understand “what’s inside the bag”.     The research This study linked large …