Johns Hopkins APL researchers are investigating the viability and scalability of shelf-stable, freeze-dried red blood cells.

Nathaniel McQuay, MD, discusses new data on whole-blood transfusion survival benefits in traumatic hemorrhage.

A blood transfusion is a procedure during which donated blood is added to your own blood in your body. Blood transfusions boost blood levels that are low. You may need a blood transfusion due to ...

A Des Moines Fire Department paramedic used a blood transfusion system after a stabbing, starting treatment before the ...

A blood transfusion can be a life-saving intervention if you’ve lost a lot of blood due to illness or injury, but there are some limits. How many blood transfusions you can safely have depends on your ...

Blood transfusions are sometimes part of a leukemia treatment plan. They do not treat cancer, but they can help reduce some cancer symptoms. They’re used to treat low blood counts and help prevent ...

Shishir Dahal, in charge of the Bhadrapur Blood Transfusion Service Centre, said one donor tested HIV positive in fiscal year ...

Scarlet Therapeutics ("Scarlet") today announces a landmark preclinical result: its proprietary cell-line derived, universal, lab-grown red blood cells (“RBCs”) have successfully matured and ...

An emergency blood transfusion mandates matching of the blood types so that the donor and the recipient are compatible in their blood types. There is no other matching between the blood bag and the ...

Indiana teen Ryan White was banned from school following an AIDS diagnosis in 1984, which led to his death five years later.

An intrauterine transfusion is considered "one of the riskiest, most complex and rarest lifesaving transfusions" ...

According to standard tests, two people with blood type A are considered identical. However, their red blood cells can show ...