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- ISBT World Congress (June 2-6, Toronto Canada)
- Canada - CSTM blog: I will remember you - Ana Lima (29 Apr. 2018)
- Ngo A, Gandhi P, Miller WG. Frequency that laboratory tests influence medical decisions. 2017 Jan;1(4):410-14.
- Lance Armstrong settles $100M lawsuit with US.government sponsor (Postal Service) for $5M over blood doping (19 Apr. 2018)
- Gene therapy helps beta-thalassemia patients avoid blood transfusion (18 Apr. 2018)
- Malaria parasites present in 23% of donor blood in some African countries, study suggests (16 Apr. 2018) | Related abstracts (Dakar II, Two Decades of Progress, Challenges and Perspectives in Ending Malaria, Apr. 15-20, Dakar, Senegal)
- Fiamanya S. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the risk of transfusion transmitted malaria from blood donors in sub-Saharan Africa
- Schindler T. Prevalence of malaria parasites at the Malabo Blood Bank on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea
- How social media helps scientists get the message across (12 Apr. 2018)
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Free full text papers | * 1 or more Canadian authors
- Bahar B, Tormey CA. Prevention of transfusion-associated graft-versus-host disease with blood product irradiation: the past, present, and future. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2018 May; 142(5): 662-7.
- * Compernolle V, Chou ST, Tanael S, Savage W, Howard J, Josephson CD,et al; International Collaboration for Transfusion Medicine Guidelines. Red blood cell specifications for patients with hemoglobinopathies: a systematic review and guideline. Transfusion. 2018 Apr 26.[Epub ahead of print]
- Hawksworth J, et al. Enhancement of red blood cell transfusion compatibility using CRISPR-mediated erythroblast gene editing.EMBO Molecular Medicine. e8454 (EPub 26 Apr. 2018)
- * Isasi R, Mastronardi C, Golder M, Allan D, Walker M, Halpenny 4, Yang L, Elmoazzen H, Chargé S. Assessing opportunities and challenges for establishing a national program to distribute cord blood for research. Transfusion. 2018 Apr 1. [Epub ahead of print]
- * Karkouti K, Callum J, Rao V, Heddle N, Farkouh ME, Crowther MA, Scales DC. Protocol for a phase III, non-inferiority, randomised comparison of a new fibrinogen concentrate versus cryoprecipitate for treating acquired hypofibrinogenaemia in bleeding cardiac surgical patients: the FIBRES trial. BMJ Open. 2018 Apr 20; 8(4):e020741.
- * Lamb CT, Gilbert SL, Ford AT. Tweet success? Scientific communication correlates with increased citations in Ecology and Conservation PeerJ (12 Apr. 2018) | About PeerJ
- Ngo A, Gandhi P, Miller WG. Frequency that laboratory tests influence medical decisions. 2017 Jan;1(4):410-14.
- Schwartzstein RM, Roberts DH. Saying goodbye to lectures in medical school - Paradigm shift or passing fad? (N Engl J Med, 15 Aug. 2017) | Older but interesting
- Qadri SM, Donkor DA, Yan M, Ning S, Branch DR, Seghatchian J, Sheffield WP. Red blood cells, still vital after all these years: Commentary on Canadian Blood Services' International Symposium 2017. Transfus Apher Sci. 2018 Apr 19. pii: S1473-0502(18)30129-0. [Epub ahead of print]
- * Seheult JN, et al; Biomedical Excellence for Safer Transfusions (BEST) Collaborative. Changes in plasma unit distributions to hospitals over a 10-year period. Transfusion. 2018 Apr;58(4):1012-1020. Epub 2018 Feb 5.
- Sherliker L, Pendry K, Hockley . Patient blood management: how is implementation going?: A report comparing the 2015 survey with the 2013 survey of PBM in England.Transfus Med;16 April 2018.
- Thompson AA, et al. Gene therapy in patients with transfusion-fependent ß-thalassemia. N Engl J Med 2018; 378:1479-93.
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