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Research.Education.Discovery Blog
The Research.Education.Discovery blog showcases Canadian Blood Services’ work and explains the basic science behind what we do. We invite readers to explore the worlds of transfusion and transplantation science and learn more about how our research leads to improvements in everyday practices and ultimately – and most importantly – better outcomes for patients.
These R.E.D. blog posts are republished from Canadian Blood Services’ main website. See all blogs at blood.ca/RED.
January 24, 2019
Dr. Geraldine Walsh
Our latest Centre for Innovation Research Unit examines what’s in a bag of plasma. Plasma can be separated from a whole blood donation (called recovered plasma), or obtained by apheresis donation
January 15, 2019
Jenny Ryan
“The gift of transplantation has meant so much to the patients within the highly sensitized patient registry in Saskatchewan and all of Canada.” – Dr. Rahul Mainra, St. Paul’s Hospital, Saskatoon
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January 10, 2019
Dr. Geraldine Walsh
#WeDoResearch! Through our Centre for Innovation, our engaged network of scientists, medical experts, partners, and collaborators conduct and disseminate high quality, impactful research for the
January 1, 2019
Jenny Ryan
As the year comes to a close and 2019 is set to begin, we take a moment to reflect on the 2018 articles that were among the most popular.
#5: Raising awareness for living organ donation
December 20, 2018
Dr. Geraldine Walsh
This week, we chatted with Canadian Blood Services’ adjunct scientist, Dr. Mel Krajden, about his research work at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and his role as a Canadian Blood
December 13, 2018
Guest Author
This post was contributed by Stefanie Novakowski, a PhD candidate in the Kastrup laboratory (Michael Smith Laboratories and the Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia). Tseday
December 3, 2018
Ross FitzGerald
Today, Canadian men are eligible to give blood if it has been more than one year since their last sexual contact with another man, which is known as the MSM eligibility criteria.
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November 27, 2018
Jenny Ryan
This #givingtuesday — November 27, 2018 — organizations across the country are raising awareness about living donation.
Did you know that more than 3,000 Canadians are on a waiting list for kidney
November 21, 2018
Guest Author
By Sarah Bowers, Undergraduate Student, Brown Lab, Centre for Blood Research
This post was originally published on the Centre for Blood Research blog. It has been republished here with permission