Donor age contributes more to the rheological properties of stored red blood cells than donor sex and biological age distribution by Olga Mykhailova, Mackenzie Brandon-Coatham, Sanaz Hemmatibardehshahi, Mahsa Yazdanbakhsh, Carly Olafson, Qi-Long Yi, Tamir Kanias, Jason P. Acker

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A Case of Vertical Transmission of Chagas Disease Contracted via Blood Transfusion in Canada by Margaret A Fearon, Vito Scalia, Mary Huang, Irene Dines, Momar Ndao, Philippe Lagacé-Wiens

“…Increasing immigration from endemic countries to North America has prompted blood operators, including Canadian Blood Services and Hema Quebec, to initiate blood donor testing for Chagas antibody. …”
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Migration, Proliferation, and Differentiation of Cord Blood Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Treated with Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Valproic Acid by Leah A. Marquez-Curtis, Yuanyuan Qiu, April Xu, Anna Janowska-Wieczorek

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A Review of Factors Influencing the Banking of Collected Umbilical Cord Blood Units by David Allan, Tanya Petraszko, Heidi Elmoazzen, Susan Smith

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Modelling Improvements in Cell Yield of Banked Umbilical Cord Blood and the Impact on Availability of Donor Units for Transplantation into Adults by Natasha Kekre, Jennifer Philippe, Ranjeeta Mallick, Susan Smith, David Allan

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Matched Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Increased Usage and Improvements in Clinical Outcomes in Canada by Matthew D. Seftel, Grace Musto, David Allan, Oliver Bucher, Kevin Hay, Ivan Pasic, Tony Truong, Kristjan Paulson

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Hemochromatosis Patients as Voluntary Blood Donors by Tara E Power, Paul C Adams

“…Despite the fact that in May 2001 the Canadian Blood Services, in collaboration with the Canadian Hemochromatosis Society, began a promotion campaign to encourage hemochromatosis patients to become voluntary blood donors, the present study found that 15% of the respondents reported having been refused from the voluntary blood donation service due to the diagnosis of hemochromatosis. …”
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Understanding the work-related challenges of organ and tissue donation coordinators during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-method study by Sonny Dhanani, Ken Lotherington, Vanessa Silva e Silva, Amina Silva, Alessandra Minervini, Kendra-Lee Dupuis

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Genetic Assessment of Living Kidney Transplant Donors: A Survey of Canadian Practices by Somaya Zahran, Ke Fan Bei, Aisha Adil, Princess Okoh, Thomas Kitzler, Ahsan Alam

“…The most cited guidelines are Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO), Canadian Society of Nephrology/Canadian Society of Transplantation (CSN/CST), and the Canadian Blood Services’ Kidney Paired Donation Protocol. …”
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