Efforts to develop lab-grown blood cells for blood transfusions may soon materialize. Since 2021, the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom has been working on RESTORE— a project ...

Two people in the U.K. are the first ever to receive transfusions of lab-grown red blood cells. The pair are healthy volunteers in the "Recovery and survival of stem cell originated red cells" ...

Researchers have performed the first transfusions of red blood cells grown in a lab as part of a U.K.-based clinical trial to test how long these cells can live. The team grew blood from stem cells ...

The need for well-organized blood donation and transfusion services is critical for the safety and efficacy of blood products. Blood safety, or hemovigilance, refers to a set of surveillance ...

A clinical trial is underway now, and it centers on lab-grown blood that is injected into two people in the United Kingdom, with its research looking into how it would be accepted by the body and its ...

A Filipino expert in laboratory medicine has continued to draw recognition locally and abroad for work in Immunohematology ...

The FDA released their guidance, Bacterial Risk Control Strategies for Blood Collection Establishments and Transfusion Services to Enhance the Safety and Availability of Platelets for Transfusion, in ...

Dr. Metcalf is Section Chief of Transfusion Medicine, Medical Director of the Transfusion Service, Associate Professor of Pathology, and Inpatient Chief Value Officer for the Department of Pathology ...

Blood, the fluid of life coursing through our veins, is often described as the essence of existence. Beyond its symbolism, blood plays a tangible and critical role in healthcare, serving as a lifeline ...

Recently, two patients in the United Kingdom received two small doses of lab-grown blood samples as part of the RESTORE trial. The RESTORE trial is a single-center, randomized, controlled, phase I ...