transfusions

Alberta physicians are raising the alarm about a dangerous trend — fuelled by misinformation — that could cost lives.Dr. Stephanie Cooper, an obstetrician specializing in high-risk births at Foothills Medical Centre, said a patient recently…

<!-- -->Around 2,400 people died after being infected through contaminated blood. (Representational)London: Thousands of people in Britain infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood transfusions will receive a…

Over 90 percent of patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia, an inherited blood disorder, no longer needed monthly blood transfusions years after receiving gene therapy, according to an international Phase 3 clinical trial that for…

A one-time infusion of stem cells from bone marrow improves the survival of mice with sepsis, shows a study published today in eLife. The findings could lead to potential new treatments for sepsis, a life-threatening inflammatory condition…

Some skeptical unvaccinated Americans are refusing life-saving blood transfusions from vaccinated donors. They fear that the blood from someone who has received a COVID-19 is 'tainted' in some way, and could even contain a microchip or…