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Canadians have the power to give life this holiday season
… new ‘I Gave Life’ bandages (OTTAWA) - Starting today, blood donors will get special new bandages for giving life. … encouraging Canadians to #GiveLife this holiday season. Blood donors will have their arms “wrapped in red” as all … reading proclamations, donating blood and participating at clinic and community events. “Collecting blood during the …
Blood Donors Provide Proof that Miracles Still Exist
… Blood Donors Provide Proof that Miracles Still Exist Holiday Miracle campaign blood donation Monday, December 02, 2013 Ten-year-old can … Mom take you on a quick visit to your local blood donor clinic. Lined up in chairs you will see people happily and …
Centre for Blood Research summer students visit Canadian Blood Services
… Centre for Blood Research summer students visit Canadian Blood Services Transfusion Blood Guest Author By Sarah … in getting blood that has been donated at a mobile clinic in Campbell River to a patient on the operating table …
Part 2: Lots to celebrate as ISBT comes to Toronto: Local Day
… celebrate as ISBT comes to Toronto: Local Day Transfusion Blood Dr. Geraldine Walsh Held in Toronto, the 35 th Congress of the International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) kicked off with a “Local Day” on … become available or are soon-to-be available in the clinic, Dr. Wall described how they work, the hope they bring …
Blood Signal extended until Labour Day
… Blood Signal extended until Labour Day Blood Signal blood donation Monday, July 29, 2013 Nearly … to donate. Visit www.blood.ca/clinics to find a clinic. The Blood Signal is a call to action for Canadians to …
Canadian Blood Services celebrates ground breaking for new operations facility
… Canadian Blood Services celebrates ground breaking for new operations facility blood supply give life breaking ground Calgary Friday, May … now underway in Western Canada. This phase includes a new clinic in Saskatoon and a collection facility opening in …
Myths About Stem Cell Donation
… Some donations involve surgery and some do not. Canadian Blood Services may ask donors to give stem cells from their bone marrow or peripheral blood. Where bone marrow donation is a surgical procedure, … donation is a non-surgical procedure done in an outpatient clinic. Peripheral blood stem cell donation involves removing …
Centre for Blood Research PhD Candidate earns Killam Award for his work engineering platelets for improved bleeding control
… Centre for Blood Research PhD Candidate earns Killam Award for his work … platelets for improved bleeding control Transfusion Blood Colton Strong Our partnership with the Centre for Blood … to genetically engineer donor platelets used in the clinic such that they can stop bleeding faster and create …
Canadian Blood Services researcher studies potential treatment for sickle cell disease
… Canadian Blood Services researcher studies potential treatment for sickle cell disease Stem Cells Blood Tricia Abe Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a debilitating … available to them; they would never have to go back to the clinic again,” he says. Testing a novel delivery system An …
Black History Month Celebrates Life Through New Blood and Stem Cell Donors
… Black History Month Celebrates Life Through New Blood and Stem Cell Donors Black History Month Sickle Cell … 2012 Black Canadians urged to ‘make history’ by becoming blood and stem cell donors January 30, 2012 ( TORONTO, ON) — … as a potential stem cell donor, or to find a blood donor clinic in your area, please go to www.onematch.ca or call …