Blood Transfusion

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When infection strikes, the body starts making proteins called antibodies specially designed to target that germ. Those antibodies float in survivors' blood - specifically plasma, the yellowish liquid part of blood - for months, even years

Blood transfusions, a treatment used for 1918 Spanish Flu, may help manage coronavirus

Patients are infused with blood plasma teeming with immune molecules that helped coronavirus survivors though there's no proof it will work.

03 Apr 2020 6:15 PM

Findings showed that transfusion of one to four units of blood increased the risk of cancer recurrence by 23 per cent and death by 55 per cent compared to matched controls. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Cancer can recur from blood transfusion

Blood transfusion during liver cancer surgery associated with increased risk of cancer recurrence.

03 Jun 2019 11:43 AM

Speaking to ANI, the child's father said, 'She was admitted in this hospital last July and was later discharged after transfusion. She developed complications and later tests showed her to be HIV positive'. (Photo: ANI)

TN parents says govt hospital infused HIV positive blood to child, authorities deny

The hospital has however denied the accusation and said that it is prepared for any inquiry.

21 Feb 2019 11:11 AM

After testing positive for the virus, the woman underwent treatment at the hospital for some time. (Representational Image | Pixabay)

Got HIV after blood transfusion at TN govt hospital, claims another woman

Refuting allegations, the hospital said it had record and 'evidence' to show that only HIV negative blood was transfused.

28 Dec 2018 7:48 PM

A pregnant woman in Tamil Nadu contracted HIV after blood transfusion at a government hospital in Virudhunagar district's Sattur. (Representational Image)

TN teen who donated blood to pregnant woman attempts suicide knowing he has HIV

Blood donated by the teen was meant for his relative, but it was not used and stored in the hospital's blood bank.

27 Dec 2018 6:47 PM

Tamil Nadu government also said stocks in all blood banks would be reviewed to ensure that such incidents did not recur. (Representational Image | Pixabay)

HIV-infected blood given to pregnant woman in Tamil Nadu hospital

Tamil Nadu government said it was making all efforts to prevent impact of virus on woman.

26 Dec 2018 2:30 PM

The process may lead to 10 percent reduction in blood cholesterol levels (Photo: AFP)

Scientists say transfusion of young blood may help end age-related sickness

Start-ups have been working on the idea of using blood transfusion from younger people to help treat age-related ailments.

09 Sep 2018 3:28 PM

Professor Partridge's study found that when older mice were given young blood they did not develop age-related diseases and maintained sharp cognitive function, while younger ones given older blood saw the opposite effect.

Dracula was right: Transfusions of young blood will put end to sickness in old age

Study shows young blood could allow humans to live life free of diseases like cancer, dementia and heart disease up until their deaths.

08 Sep 2018 3:32 PM

Advantages of blood substitutes include easier storage and elimination of the risk of blood-borne infections.

Lifeline: Get ready for artificial blood

The biggest breakthrough in transfusion medicine would be the ability to synthesise blood stem cells from a patient’s own tissue.

27 Jul 2018 2:23 AM

In India, there are 40 million carriers of thalassemia and there are 7,000 to 10,000 infants born with this disorder every year.

How to treat Thalassemia

With around 10,000 infants born with the disorder every year in India, experts reveal that thalassemia requires the right diagnosis.

14 May 2018 12:11 AM

Doctors call it the "weekend effect". (Photo: PIxabay)

People die more on weekends

Around 300,000 patients from 470 hospitals were monitored for the research.

23 Jan 2018 4:18 PM

It is estimated that up to 10 to 20 per cent of blood units used for transfusions have been stored for more than five weeks (Photo: AFP)

Transfusion of old blood can be risky: study

For ill, hospitalised patients, this excess iron could lead to serious complications.

11 Jan 2017 5:19 PM

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