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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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The things we do for safety – Battling bacteria (part II)
Thursday, June 08, 2017
Dr. Sophie Chargé
Previous posts in our "The things we do for safety" series Battling bacteria - part I Leukoreduction In a previous post, we wrote about the donor screening criteria, the arm scrub and the diversion pouch. These are important steps in our blood collection process to limit the introduction of bacteria...
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