Articles about 'transfusions'

Cambridge researchers are taking part in the world’s first clinical trial of red blood cells that have been grown in a laboratory for transfusion into another person.

Scientists find that Western approach to blood transfusion employed in Africa - often a condition of financial aid - may add significant cost to blood units, due to emergency nature of most African patients in need of transfusion.

Old red blood cells shown to have undergone ‘significant changes and damage’; techniques could help rapidly monitoring quality of blood supply.