Research. Education. Discovery.

Our Research, Education, and Discovery Blog is a showcase for our work as well as the basic science behind what we do. Here we invite readers to explore the worlds of transfusion and transplantation science and learn more about how our research leads to improved everyday practices and ultimately – and most importantly – better outcomes for patients. 

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Roya Pasha extracts a fraction of red-cell-depleted cord blood.
Cord blood matters – take time to learn more
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Jenny Ryan
July marks Cord Blood Awareness Month in certain places around the world. In homage to this important campaign we collected a few related stories from the RED archives and share a bit more information about why Cord Blood matters. Cord blood stem cells can be used in the treatment of more than 80...
Transplantation Stem Cells Blood
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Winnipeg Rh Lab http://medheritage.lib.umanitoba.ca/?page_id=73
Meet Canada's Blood-Typing Pioneers
Thursday, July 06, 2017
Amanda Maxwell
Innovation150 series: As Canada celebrates 150 years we look back on Canadian innovations in transfusion medicine over the years. A series of posts over the next few weeks feature remarkable Canadian progress -- past, present and future. #Innovation150.
Transfusion Blood
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Canadian Blood Transfusion Unit which operated during the Spanish Civil War. Dr. Norman Bethune is at the right. ca. 1936 - 1938 / Spain Source: [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/ Library and Archives Canada] Copyright: Expired
Wartime Service and Canadian Transfusion Medicine
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Amanda Maxwell
Innovation150 series: As Canada celebrates 150 years we look back on Canadian innovations in transfusion medicine over the years. A series of posts over the next few weeks feature remarkable Canadian progress -- past, present and future. #Innovation150.
Transfusion Blood
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FNAIT
International experts seek safest treatment for FNAIT
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Jenny Ryan
The International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines (ICTMG) recently convened a panel to provide guidance for fetal neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT). Findings from a systematic review have been recently published in the journal Blood.
Transfusion Blood
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Kidney graphic
Kidney Paired Donation – powerful program reaches significant milestone
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Jenny Ryan
500 transplants made possible thanks to the selflessness of living organ donors and kidney paired exchange
Transplantation Organs and Tissues
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L. Bruce Robertson beside Canadian Red Cross truck, ca. [1914-1918] Copyright: Queen’s Printer for Ontario
Dr. Lawrence Bruce Robertson and blood transfusion in the trenches of World War I
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Amanda Maxwell
Innovation150 series on the RED blog: As Canada celebrates 150 years we look back on Canadian innovations in transfusion medicine over the years. A series of posts over the next few weeks feature remarkable Canadian progress in transfusion medicine past, present and future. #Innovation150.
Transfusion Blood
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