“Blood transfusions are important and save many lives,” said Collinge, director of the MRC Prion Unit at UCL. “However, to ...

An experimental test for the parasite that causes babesiosis was able to prevent the disease from infecting people through blood transfusion, according to a new study of nearly 90,000 U.S. blood ...

A new NHS test is set to curb transfusion side-effects for thousands with inherited blood disorders, NHS England announced. A new genetic blood-matching test for thousands living with sickle-cell ...

Will getting a blood test for amyloid levels eventually form part of routine primary care health checks, or are we putting ...

STOCKHOLM — The advent of monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapies is a significant milestone in the treatment of hematologic malignancies. It has also introduced new challenges, however, such as ...

Historically, clinicians haven’t considered donor and recipient blood types important when assessing the risk of allergic ...

Some blood transfusion recipients have reported changes in their mood, behavior and even memories after undergoing the procedure. Researchers from the University of Geneva noted that six of seven ...

In 1816, a young doctor from Barbados carried out blood transfusion experiments that challenged a dangerous medical ...