A new 24/7 emergency transfusion service is set to start at a North East hospital. The service at James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, will provide life-saving blood cell exchanges at all ...
“Sickled red cells are sticky and can block blood vessels, leading to clots or stroke. We remove those damaged cells and give healthy red cells. Since the lifespan of a red cell is about 120 days, ...
The first-ever automated red blood cell exchange transfusion in a public hospital in Kenya was successfully conducted at Victoria Hospital, an annexe of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral ...
Given the remarkable advances seen with gene therapies for sickle cell disease (SCD), it may seem counterintuitive to suggest the space may be in need of more therapies that have already been ...