Apheresis is the removal of one component of blood with return of the remaining components to the donor. It is typically used to collect cell populations from the peripheral blood of healthy donors ...

Lipoprotein apheresis involves the extracorporeal removal of LDL and lipoprotein(a) particles from whole blood or plasma by adsorption, precipitation or differential filtration. Used repetitively, ...

Terumo's Spectra Optia® Apheresis System Terumo's Spectra Optia® Apheresis System LAKEWOOD, Colo., U.S., and SANTA ROSA, Calif., U.S., July 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acute kidney injury (AKI) and ...

San Antonio, Texas, March 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- South Texas Blood & Tissue has received accreditation of its Apheresis Center by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), ...

LAKEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Terumo BCT has received clearance for the preparation of plasma held at 1° to 6° C within 8 hours and frozen within 24 hours after phlebotomy (PF24) and plasma held ...

We have raised funds for a boy of 4 years for his bone marrow transplantation. The operation is over and he is currently under observation at a hospital in Vellore. He requires a lot of platelet ...

Transfusion of the ‘wrong’ stem cell product would almost inevitably be lethal, yet assays to confirm the contents of the product bag, except by checking labels and paperwork, are lacking. To increase ...

Plasmapheresis — also called therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) — is a procedure that removes a patient's plasma and replaces it with albumin, saline, or donor plasma. Established for decades in ...

Napa resident Nancy Burlingame remembers the day her father’s life hung in the balance after he suffered an aneurysm. Hospital staff were searching desperately for blood for a transfusion during his ...

I like to dedicate a couple of columns each year to blood donation because Lee Health and our community are the grateful beneficiaries of the generosity of blood donors who help keep an adequate blood ...