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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Dr. Margaret Fearon and The X-Files
Helping put the science fact in science fiction
Wednesday, March 02, 2016
Jenny Ryan
One of our own medical experts helped bring believability to the newest season of The X-Files.
Blood
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The wonder drug you've probably never heard of - yet
IVIg, the wonder drug you’ve probably never heard of – yet
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Lisa Willemse
Wonder drug it may be, but IVIg is a slippery fish. Even after 60 years, little is known about precisely how it works. An encounter with a scientist The first thing you notice when you walk into Dr. Don Branch’s office at 67 College Street in Toronto is how small it seems. And colourful, owing to an...
Plasma Transfusion Blood
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Challenging the 30-minute rule for red blood cells. Research. Education. Discovery.
Challenging the 30-minute rule for red blood cells (video)
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Jenny Ryan
Led by Dr. Sandra Ramirez, a development scientist at Canadian Blood Services’ Centre for Innovation, this research project led to a new standard that will reduce the number of discarded red blood cell units. By Jenny Ryan and Patrick Walton The issue Since the 1970s, blood operators have limited...
Transfusion Blood
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Canadian CPRA Calculator
Canadian ingenuity enhances tool used to estimate patient access to life-saving transplants
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Jenny Ryan
A new innovation by a team of Canadian Blood Services researchers and the National HLA Advisory Committee has improved the situation for Canadian transplant patients. Launched in April 2012, the Canadian cPRA Calculator was developed to support Canadian Blood Services’ transplant programs. It’s a...
Transplantation Organs and Tissues
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Research. Education. Discovery.
Welcome to R.E.D.
Monday, February 08, 2016
Jenny Ryan
A research, education. and discovery blog Did you know that we do research? Quite a lot of it, in fact. Last year, our research teams, working in our labs across Canada, published 250+ scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented 200+ posters or talks at major national and international...
Transplantation Organs and Tissues Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood
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