University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC scientist-surgeons announced today in Cell Reports Medicine that giving plasma that has been separated from other parts of donated blood improves ...

In patients experiencing excessive bleeding during cardiac surgery, a concentrated blood product containing proteins that ...

When someone is traumatically injured, giving them blood products before they arrive at the hospital—such as at the scene or during emergency transport—can improve their likelihood of survival ...

In the developed world, most of the reported complications of transfusion have an immunological basis. Although the media and the public are worried about the infectious risks of transfusion ...

Discovered method for long-term storage of blood plasma Organized America's first large-scale blood bank Dr. Charles Richard Drew broke barriers in a racially divided America to become one of the most ...

A powerful new plasma engine has just been unveiled by Chinese engineers – and it is expected to propel China ahead of the United States in the race to develop plasma technology for Mars and ...

The prothrombin complex concentrate costs more than plasma, but may pay dividends by way of fewer adverse events.

Octapharma USA announced the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has published results from a Phase III clinical trial, which observed non-activated four factor prothrombin complex ...

Thousands of people globally with an iron disorder have their blood regularly thrown out – Australian research shows it can be used to save lives Many countries regularly experience shortages of ...

Background: Transfusion-dependent bone marrow transplant recipients are routinely transfused with ABO group and RhD-compatible blood components. However, because of the scarcity of RhD-negative ...

NHS patients have begun receiving blood plasma medicine from UK donors for the first time in a generation. Plasma donations were paused in 1998 due to fears over the spread of a human variant of ...