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• NEW TraQ's July newsletter

General

• In Memoriam: Lawrence ‘Larry’ Petz, MD (15 June 2022)
• Mystery cells that create blood stem cells in mammals identified (8 Aug. 2022) | Related:
  • Chandrakanthan V, Rorimpandey P, Zanini F, et al. Mesoderm-derived PDGFRA ⁺ cells regulate the emergence of hematopoietic stem cells in the dorsal aorta. Nat Cell Biol. 2022 Aug;24(8):1211-25. Epub 2022 Jul 28. (Open access) | PubMed abstract
• Long-lasting HIV prevention drug could be game changer but who will pay? (5 Aug. 2022) | Related:
  • Delany-Moretlwe S, Hughes JP, Bock P, et al.; HPTN 084 study group. Cabotegravir for the prevention of HIV-1 in women: results from HPTN 084, a phase 3, randomised clinical trial. Lancet. 2022 May 7;399(10337):1779-89. Epub 2022 Apr 1. Erratum in: Lancet. 2022 May 7;399(10337):1778. (Open access) | PubMed abstract
• American Academy of Pediatrics revises clinical guidelines for preventing, treating, and monitoring hyperbilirubinemia in newborns (5 Aug. 2022)
• Transfusing blood from an old mouse to a younger mouse causes ageing (5 Aug. 2022) | Related:
  • Jeon OH, Mehdipour M, Gil TH, et al. Systemic induction of senescence in young mice after single heterochronic blood exchange. Nat Metab. 2022 Jul 28. Epub ahead of print. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• Hospital facility blends capabilities (4 Aug. 2022) | Royal Australian Navy medical officer Commander Peter Smith: “We exercised our blood transfusion protocols to deliver large amounts of blood product to patients quickly, as well as demonstrating an ability to provide ongoing intensive care."
• Omicron better at invading young noses than other variants; smell loss may predict memory issues (2 Aug. 2022) | Related:
  • Zhu Y, Chew KY, Wu M, et al. Ancestral SARS-CoV-2, but not omicron, replicates less efficiently in primary pediatric nasal epithelial cells. PLoS Biol 2022 Aug1; 20(8): e3001728. (Open access)
• Global monkeypox vaccine race sparks fears that poorer nations will lose out (1 Aug. 2022)
• Long COVID symptoms may include hair loss and sexual dysfunction, study shows (29 July 2022) | Related:
  • Subramanian A, Nirantharakumar K, Hughes S, et al. Symptoms and risk factors for long COVID in non-hospitalized adults. Nat Med. 2022 Jul 25. Epub ahead of print. (Open access) | PubMed abstract
• New smartphone clip-on can detect Zika virus in blood samples (29 July 2022) | Related:
  • Jankelow AM, Lee H, Wang W, Hoang TH, et al. Smartphone clip-on instrument and microfluidic processor for rapid sample-to-answer detection of Zika virus in whole blood using spatial RT-LAMP. Analyst. 2022 Jun 21. Epub ahead of print.
• Early use of novel therapies in multiple myeloma could target bone marrow microenvironment (28 July 2022) | Related:
  • Neumeister P, Schulz E, Pansy K, et al. Targeting the microenvironment for treating multiple myeloma. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jul 10;23(14):7627. (Open access) | PubMed abstract
• Creating a microrobot to one day tackle cancer (27 July 2022) | Related:
  • Akolpoglu MB, Alapan Y, Dogan NO, et al. Magnetically steerable bacterial microrobots moving in 3D biological matrices for stimuli-responsive cargo delivery. Sci Adv. 2022 Jul 15;8(28):eabo6163. Epub 2022 Jul 15. (Full free text) | PubMed abstract
• 3D imaging reveals picture of T-cell activity to unlock solid tumor opportunity (26 July 2022) | Related:
  • Dekkers JF, Alieva M, Cleven A, et al. Uncovering the mode of action of engineered T cells in patient cancer organoids. Nat Biotechnol. 2022 Jul 25.Epub ahead of print. (Open access) | PubMed abstract
• Cardiovascular disease, not cancer, top cause of death among Hodgkin lymphoma survivors (25 July 2022) | Related:
  • Lu Z, Teng Y, Ning X, Wang H, et al. Long-term risk of cardiovascular disease mortality among classic Hodgkin lymphoma survivors. Cancer. 2022 Jul 25. Epub ahead of print. (Full access) | PubMed abstract
• Study supports capsaicin as potential pain treatment for patients with SCD (25 July 2022) | Related:
  • Glaros AK, Callaghan MU, Smith WR, et al. Targeting TRPV1 activity via high-dose capsaicin in patients with sickle cell disease. Epub 19 July 2022. (Open access)
• WHO moves to roll out first malaria vaccine in Africa (21 July 2022)
• Why Staph vaccines don’t work in humans (21 July 2022) | Related:
  • Tsai CM, Caldera JR, Hajam IA, et al. Non-protective immune imprint underlies failure of Staphylococcus aureus IsdB vaccine. Cell Host Microbe. 2022 Jun 30:S1931-3128(22)00311-0. Epub ahead of print. (Open acess) | PubMed abstract
• A new antibiotic can kill even drug-resistant bacteria (17 July 2022) | Related:
  • Wang Z, Koirala B, Hernandez Y, et al. Bioinformatic prospecting and synthesis of a bifunctional lipopeptide antibiotic that evades resistance. Science. 2022 May 27;376(6596):991-6. Epub 2022 May 26.

Canada

• CSTM: Moncton Education Day (24 Sept. 2022) | Registration opens 25 July, closes 19 Sept.
• Private companies could help add to plasma supply, says Canadian Blood Services (11 Aug. 2022) | Related:
  • The sound of silence (More musings on paid plasma pros & cons)
• CHEO helping conserve Canada’s national blood supply (27 July 2022) | CHEO has been awarded the Using Blood Wisely designation by Choosing Wisely Canada, a national campaign aimed at reducing the inappropriate use of red blood cells.
• RBC exchange transfusions now available to adults with sickle cell disease in SK (27 July 2022)
• Héma-Québec needs more Black people to donate blood (30 June 2022)
• ORBCoN resources:
  • Perinatal Consensus Conference (25 May 2022) | PowerPoint presentations and full audio presentations of each of the lectures are available.
• CBS: Professional education events (2 in August 2022)

Albania

• Albanian hospitals experience blood shortage, thalassemic children suffer (28 July 2022)

Australia

• Taking on the blood challenge to save lives (4 Aug. 2022)
• Grass becomes greener for Australian blood and plasma supplies as thousands of former UK residents step up to donate (3 Aug. 2022)
• Lifeblood welcomes first UK 'Mad Cow' blood donors (25 July 2022)

Egypt

• Egypt to sign contract with private firm to process donated plasma (4 Aug. 2022)

India

• Case against Hyderabad blood bank after 3-year-old patient tests HIV positive (8 Aug. 2022)
• Two patients test HIV positive in Varanasi in last two months after getting tattoos on their bodies (7 Aug. 2022)
• Vijayawada: Blood bank staff in Andhra Pradesh to undergo training in Chennai (3 Aug. 2022)
• Measures to tackle black marketing of blood (2 Aug. 2022)
• Centre releases new National Standards for Blood Centres and Blood Transfusion Services after 15 years (2 Aug. 2022)
• Mumbai's JJ Hospital to start three new courses (1 Aug. 2022) | One is ImmunoHematology transfusion medicine.
• Woman with rare blood disorder treated at Odisha hospital (26 July 2022)
• AP govt. pays special attention for thalassemia patients who require blood transfusion (24 July 2022)
• AP Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan flags off four blood collection vans (24 July 2022)

Jamaica

• Blood drive saves Massy Distribution staff member (30 July 2022)

Kenya

• Radical shift as President Kenyatta creates Kenya tissue and transplant authority (4 Aug. 2022)
• Relief as first ever blood bank opened in Lamu (2 Aug. 2022)

Kuwait

• MOH again launches blood donation campaign to coincide with 32 anniversary of IraQ's invasion of Kuwait (28 July 2022)

Luxembourg

• Luxembourg Red Cross calls for blood donations (3 Aug. 2022)

Nigeria

• A database of donors Is filling blood supply gaps In Nigeria (26 July 2022)

Pakistan

• Policemen donate blood on Police Martyrs Day (6 Aug. 2022)
• Blood donation camps arranged in 4 districts (5 Aug. 2022)

Philippines

• NegOcc to reactivate infectious disease body vs. monkeypox (5 Aug. 2022) | NegOcc is a province on the island of Negros in the Philippines.
• NegOcc steps up blood drive due to dengue threats (2 Aug. 2022)

Portugal

• Experience accumulated over 18 months in Santarém District Hospital in Portugal demonstrates significant impact of Biolog-id solution (3 Aug. 2022)

Somalia

• Improving access to blood and transfusion services in Somalia (9 Aug. 2022)

UK

• SHOT celebrates its Silver Jubilee in 2022
• Timely reminder for potential Covid-19 Inquiry litigants (3 Aug. 2022) | Related:
  • UK Covid-19 Inquiry launches first investigation (21 July 2022)
  • The view from afar: litigation trends arising from the COVID-19 Inquiry (12 May 2022)
• Wrong blood given to patients at Birmingham hospitals and are mistakes that should never happen (1 Aug. 2022) | Ineffective record keeping has been blamed
• Infected Blood Inquiry - News
  • Infected blood victims set for £400m in compensation (29 July 2022)
  • Jeremy Hunt calls contaminated-blood scandal a huge failing of democracy (27 July 2022)
  • Scottish ministers given 'inaccurate' blood scandal briefing (25 July 2022)

USA

• Nebraska Community Blood Bank declares blood emergency (8 Aug. 2022)
• Valkyrie training for Navy Hospital Corpsmen part of 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines time at Fort McCoy (5 Aug. 2022)
• CDC: CDC expected to ease Covid-19 recommendations, including for schools, as soon as this week (4 Aug. 2022)
• U.S. declares monkeypox a public health emergency (4 Aug. 2022)
• HHS: HHS announces new campaign to increase U.S. blood and plasma donations (4 Aug. 2022)
• Red Cross beginning to screen blood donors for monkeypox (3 Aug. 2022) | Related:
  • Adler H, Gould S, Hine P, et al.;England High Consequence Infectious Diseases (Airborne) Network. Clinical features and management of human monkeypox: a retrospective observational study in the UK. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Aug;22(8):1153-1162. Epub 2022 May 24. Erratum in: Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Jul;22(7):e177. (Open access) | PubMed abstract
  • Thornhill JP, Barkati S, Walmsley S, et al.; SHARE-net Clinical Group. Monkeypox virus infection in humans across 16 countries - April-June 2022. N Engl J Med. 2022 Jul 21. Epub ahead of print. (Free full text) | PubMed abstract
• CDC: CDC releases monkeypox isolation guidance as cases near 6,000: 4 updates (2 Aug. 2022) | Related:
  • Isolation and Prevention Practices (2 Aug. 2022)
• FedEx: Why we give to the Red Cross (2 Aug. 2022)
• Assimilation, depression associated with sleep duration among Mexican Americans (1 Aug. 2022) | Related
  • Ormiston CK, Lopez D, Ishino FAM, et al. Acculturation and depression are associated with short and long sleep duration among Mexican Americans in NHANES 2005-2018. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Jul 21;29:101918. (Open access) | PubMed abstract
• California and Illinois declare monkeypox emergencies (1 Aug. 2022)
• FDA: OptraSCAN’s OS-Ultra scanners receive CE-IVDR mark (1 Aug. 2022)
• Industry news: Rebinyn for routine prophylaxis to prevent bleeding in patients with hemophilia B (1 Aug. 2022)
• New York becomes second major US city to declare health emergency over monkeypox (30 July 2022)
• FDA finalizes guidance on including patients with incurable cancers in oncology trials (29 July 2022)
• Versiti and Amazon to host blood drive, Aug 1-10 (30 July 2022)
• ICER releases final evidence report on beti-cel to treat beta thalassemia (27 July 2022) | Related:
  • Betibeglogene autotemcel for beta thalassemia: effectiveness and value. Final Evidence Report (19 July 2022)
• Blood drive to be held in honor of Lawrence fifth-grader; regional blood shortage persists (27 July 2022)
• Mercy Flight will now carry type O blood, perform transfusions in transit (27 July 2022)
• A mother and her baby meet the blood donors that saved their lives (26 July 2022)
• FDA: Beckman Coulter teams with Scopio Labs over blood smear apps (25 July 2022)
• Critics worry government surveillance of HIV may hurt more than It helps (20 July 2022)
• HealthTrackRx partners with the CDC to study monkeypox in the U.S. (18 July 2022)

Vietnam

• Red Journey marks 10 years of blood donation (2 Aug. 2022)

Industry news

• Mission Bio: Mission Bio launches new cancer assay (28 July 2022)
• Novo Nordisk: See USA above
• Pharmland: Belarusian-Dutch Pharmland produces plasma-based medications (29 July 2022)
• Poseida Therapeutics and Roche: Poseida Therapeutics and Roche to focus on therapies for hematologic malignancies (3 Aug. 2022)
• International: Consortium awarded €4M towards platform for personalized cell therapies (22 July 2022)

Diseases in the news

• Babesiosis: See Journals below (Al-Nazal, et al.)
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: See Australia above
• Dengue fever: See Philippines above
• COVID-19: See General news above
• HCV/HIV: See UK above
• HIV: See General news, India and USA above
• Malaria: See General news above
• Monkeypox: See General news, Philippines, and USA above
• Zika virus: See General news above

Resource Library

• NOTE: Starting January 2021 items in the Resource Library will consist of new or recently added ones. The remaining resources will be in Resource Library Archives. You can also access each country's archived resources individually:
  • Australia | Canada | UK | USA
• TraQ's July newsletter
•  CANADA:
  • NEW CBS:Blais-Normandin I, Tordon B, Anani W. Pathogen-reduced buffy coat platelets [Internet]. Ottawa: Canadian Blood Services; 2022 [cited 2022 04 05].
  • CBS: Sepsis: The end is just the beginning (3 Feb. 2022) | Related:
    • van der Slikke EC, An AY, Hancock REW, Bouma HR. Exploring the pathophysiology of post-sepsis syndrome to identify therapeutic opportunities. EBioMedicine. 2020 Nov;61:103044. Epub 2020 Oct 8. (Free access) | PubMed abstract
  • CBS: Learning about organ and tissue donation portal (K-12) | Portal created by CBS collaborating with Canada's organ/tissue donation and transplant organizations.
  • CBS: Funded research projects
  • CBS: FAQ: Information for health professionals on safety of transfused blood collected from COVID-19-vaccinated donors
  • CBS: COVID-19: Update on organ donation and transplantation services (Links to many resources)
  • CBS Clinical Guide to Transfusion:
    • NEW Chapter 5: Concentrates for hemostatic disorders and hereditary angioedema (Updated 6 May 2022)
    • Chapter 11: Trudeau JD, Dawe P, Shih AW. Massive hemorrhage and emergency transfusion. In: Clarke G, Chargé S, editors. Clinical Guide to Transfusion. Canadian Blood Services, 2021 Sept.7 [cited 2021/10/05].
  • NEW CSTM: Moncton Education Day (24 Sept. 2022) | Registration opens 25 July, closes 19 Sept.
  • Héma-Québec: Multiple videos on [blood donation, plasma donation, stem cell donation, mother's milk donation, sickle cell anemia & more]
  • ORBCoN:
    • NEW Perinatal Consensus Conference (25 May 2022) | PowerPoint presentations and full audio presentations of each of the lectures are available.
    • Massive Hemorrhage Protocol
    • ORBCoN: Massive Hemorrhage Protocol: 3 simulation videos
• PBCO:
  • Canadian Blood Services, BC & Yukon Region West Nile virus Update, 29 June 2022
• Australia/NZ:
  • Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion:ANZSBT (Multiple guidelines)
  • Australian Blood Matters Program (Multiple resources)
  • Blood Safe e-Learning Australia
• Ireland (HSE): Blood transfusion leaflets (In 7 languages)
• ISBT:
  • NEW Haemovigilance webinars: Haemovigilance in Australia and beyond (18 Aug./1 Sept./6 Sept.)
  • ISBT Code of Ethics (Available in 8 languages)
  • Identify critical elements of a scientific manuscript review ( Dr. Ziggy Szczepiorkowski webinar: 47:58 min.)
  • ISBT Transfusion Reactions E-learning Module
  • ISBT Patient Blood Management Resources
  • ISBT Blood transport container validation guidelines (6 pp. pdf)
• NEW EBA: European Blood Alliance (Position papers and fact sheets)
• UK:
  • British Society for Haematology (Multiple guidelines)
  • SHOT Bite No. 21 (Dec. 2021)
  • NHSBT: Blood Assist | Covers 8 core stages of blood administration, including positive patient identification, consent, compatibility, transfusion reactions and more.
  • Live illustrations from the Annual SHOT Symposium 2021 (by Jenny Leonard):
    • Expertise in Practice
    • Ideas & Developments
    • Learning from the Outside
    • Looking at Transfusion as a Whole
  • SHOT:
    • Part 1 (5:11 min. video): Anti-D immunoglobulin errors and immunisation in pregnancy: Insights from SHOT (24 Feb. 2022)
    • Part 2 (5:19 min. video): Anti-D immunoglobulin errors and immunisation in pregnancy: Insights from SHOT (24 Feb. 2022)
    • Transfusion Aide Memoire (2021) | Transfusion essentials for health care professionals
    • Safe transfusions in haemopoietic stem cell transplant recipients (2021)
    • SHOT definitions (Rev. Feb. 2021)
    • TACO pretransfusion checklist (2021)
  • NHS: The role of the haematology /transfusion consultant scientist in the delivery of clinical and laboratory haematology services: An education and training solution and a workforce solution. National School of Healthcare Science Haematology Workforce Working Group (September 2020)
  • UK SHOT: Animated videos (31 Mar. 2021)
    • Understanding Human Factors in Transfusion Pt 1 (5:55 mins)
    • Understanding Human Factors in Transfusion Pt 2 (7:24 mins)
  • SHOT webinar on Haemolytic Transfusion Reactions (12 Mar. 2021) | 55 Min. video
  • NHSBT: Patient Blood Management launches Blood Assist app to support and promote safe blood component administration(1 Feb. 2021) | App can be downloaded onto personal devices or centrally in clinical areas.
• USA (AABB):
  • Monthly podcasts from the Journal Transfusion
  • NEW Complimentary copy of the AABB User Guide for the December 2021 Circular of Information for the Use of Human Blood and Blood Components
  • Pocket Reference Cards:
    • The latest Covid variant is 1.5 times more contagious than omicron and already circulating in almost half of U.S. states (28 Jan. 2022)
    • Millions of routine vaccinations have been missed amid the Covid-19 pandemic (28 Jan. 2022)
    • Taken from NHSN Biovigilance Component: Hemovigilance Module Surveillance Protocol v2.6 (March 2021)
    • Standard for Surveillance of Complications Related to Blood Donation (Dec. 2014)
    • Severity Grading Tool for Blood Donor Adverse Events (Dec. 2014)
• NEW WHO resources
  • Introduction to recent WHO publications on Patient Blood Management, Clinical Use of Blood and Haemovigilance Systems (26 July 2022)
  • Educational modules on clinical use of blood (198 pp. pdf)
  • The Clinical Use of Blood Handbook (221 pp. pdf)
  • The clinical use of blood in medicine, obstetrics, paediatrics, surgery and anaesthesia, trauma and burns (344 pp. pdf)

Journals, etc.

Free full text papers | * 1 or more Canadian authors

• Free sample journal issues:
  • Transfus Med Rev 2020 Jan;34(1):1-72. (14 free text articles)
  • Brit J Haematol 2017 June;177(6):827-1007. | Special Issue:Low to middle income countries
  • Immunohematology (J of American Red Cross): 1988-2017. (Articles in these years are free)
• Open access journal: The Lancet Digital Health 2019 May;1(1):e1-e44.
• Open access journal: Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy, Journal of the Brasilian Association of Hematology, Hemotherapy and Cell Therapy (ABHH)
• Transfus Med Hemother 2019 Oct; 46(5): Many open access articles
• Open access journal (May 2020): The Lancet Microbe
• Adler H, Gould S, Hine P, et al.;England High Consequence Infectious Diseases (Airborne) Network. Clinical features and management of human monkeypox: a retrospective observational study in the UK. Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Aug;22(8):1153-1162. Epub 2022 May 24. Erratum in: Lancet Infect Dis. 2022 Jul;22(7):e177. | PubMed abstract
• Akolpoglu MB, Alapan Y, Dogan NO, et al. Magnetically steerable bacterial microrobots moving in 3D biological matrices for stimuli-responsive cargo delivery. Sci Adv. 2022 Jul 15;8(28):eabo6163. Epub 2022 Jul 15. | PubMed abstract
• Al-Nazal H, Low L, Kumar S, et al. A vaccine for human babesiosis: prospects and feasibility. Trends Parasitol. 2022 Aug 3:S1471-4922(22)00157-X. Epub ahead of print.
• Badrick T, Jones G, Miller WG, et al. Differences between Educational and Regulatory External Quality Assurance/Proficiency Testing Schemes. Clin Chem. 2022 Aug 12:hvac132. Epub ahead of print.
• Chandrakanthan V, Rorimpandey P, Zanini F, et al. Mesoderm-derived PDGFRA ⁺ cells regulate the emergence of hematopoietic stem cells in the dorsal aorta. Nat Cell Biol. 2022 Aug;24(8):1211-25. Epub 2022 Jul 28. | PubMed abstract
• Connors JM, Ridker PM. Antithrombotic prophylaxis for symptomatic outpatients with COVID-19: less is consistently more. Lancet Haematol. 2022 Aug;9(8):e551-e553. Epub 2022 Jun 30.
• Dekkers JF, Alieva M, Cleven A, et al. Uncovering the mode of action of engineered T cells in patient cancer organoids. Nat Biotechnol. 2022 Jul 25.Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Delany-Moretlwe S, Hughes JP, Bock P, et al.; HPTN 084 study group. Cabotegravir for the prevention of HIV-1 in women: results from HPTN 084, a phase 3, randomised clinical trial. Lancet. 2022 May 7;399(10337):1779-89. Epub 2022 Apr 1. Erratum in: Lancet. 2022 May 7;399(10337):1778. | PubMed abstract
• Efobi CC, Okoye HC, Korubo KI, et al. Evaluation of obstetricians' opinion of thrombocytopenia in pregnancy: A cross-sectional study. West Afr J Med. 2022 Jul 31;39(7):657-62.
• Farmakis D, Porter J, Taher A, et al. 2021 Thalassaemia International Federation Guidelines for the Management of transfusion-dependent thalassemia. Hemasphere. 2022 Jul 29;6(8):e732. | PubMed abstract
• Gammon R, Katz LM, Strauss D, et al. Beyond COVID-19 and lessons learned in the United States. Transfus Med. 2022 Aug 2. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Gernsheimer TB, Brown SP, Triulzi DJ, et al. Prophylactic tranexamic acid in patients with hematologic malignancy: a placebo controlled, randomized clinical trial. Blood. 2022 Jun 6:blood.2022016308. Epub ahead of print.
• Glaros AK, Callaghan MU, Smith WR, et al. Targeting TRPV1 activity via high-dose capsaicin in patients with sickle cell disease. Epub 19 July 2022.
• Gupta S, Kulasekararaj AG, Costantino H, et al. Association between transfusion status and clinical and economic outcomes in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes from the physicians' perspective. Cancer Rep (Hoboken). 2022 Aug 9:e1680. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Jankelow AM, Lee H, Wang W, Hoang TH, et al. Smartphone clip-on instrument and microfluidic processor for rapid sample-to-answer detection of Zika virus in whole blood using spatial RT-LAMP. Analyst. 2022 Jun 21. Epub ahead of print.
• Jeon OH, Mehdipour M, Gil TH, et al. Systemic induction of senescence in young mice after single heterochronic blood exchange. Nat Metab. 2022 Jul 28. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Juárez-Vela R, García-Erce JA, Gea-Caballero V, et al. A cohort study in intensive care units: Health decisions related to blood transfusion during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Clin Med. 2022 Jul 28;11(15):4396. | PubMed abstract
• Laumaea AE, Lewin A, Chatterjee D, et al. COVID-19 vaccine humoral response in frequent platelet donors with plateletpheresis-associated lymphopenia. Transfusion. 2022 Aug 2. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Leache L, Gutiérrez-Valencia M, Enguita-Germán M, et al. COVID-19 infection and complications according to ABO blood group in the elderly: A population-based subcohort and meta-analysis. Vox Sang. 2022 Jul 17. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Lu Z, Teng Y, Ning X, Wang H, et al. Long-term risk of cardiovascular disease mortality among classic Hodgkin lymphoma survivors. Cancer. 2022 Jul 25. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Neumeister P, Schulz E, Pansy K, et al. Targeting the microenvironment for treating multiple myeloma. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jul 10;23(14):7627. | PubMed abstract
• Ormiston CK, Lopez D, Ishino FAM, et al. Acculturation and depression are associated with short and long sleep duration among Mexican Americans in NHANES 2005-2018. Prev Med Rep. 2022 Jul 21;29:101918. | PubMed abstract
• O'Shea J, Filardo TD, Morris SB, et al. Interim Guidance for Prevention and Treatment of Monkeypox in Persons with HIV Infection - United States, August 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Aug 12;71(32):1023-28. | PubMed abstract
• Pike A, McKinley C, Forrest B, et al. COVID-19 vaccination antibody responses in patients with aplastic anaemia and paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria. Lancet Haematol. 2022 Aug;9(8):e553-e556. Epub 2022 Jul 1.
• Rodríguez Corte J, Candal-Pedreira C, Ruano-Ravina A, et al. Home-based blood transfusion therapy: A systematic review. Br J Haematol. 2022 Jul 1. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Shah F, Huey K, Deshpande S, et al. Relationship between serum ferritin and outcomes in -thalassemia: A systematic literature review. J Clin Med. 2022 Jul 30;11(15):4448. | PubMed abstract
• Smith MM, Schroeder DR, Nelson JA, et al. Prothrombin complex concentrate vs plasma for post-cardiopulmonary bypass coagulopathy and bleeding: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Surg. 2022 Jun 29:e222235. Epub ahead of print.
• Subramanian A, Nirantharakumar K, Hughes S, et al. Symptoms and risk factors for long COVID in non-hospitalized adults. Nat Med. 2022 Jul 25. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Sullivan DJ, Focosi D, Hanley D, et al. Effective antiviral regimens to reduce COVID-19 hospitalizations: a systematic comparison of randomized controlled trials. medRxiv [Preprint]. 2022 May 27:2022.05.24.22275478. | PubMed abstract
• Tan-Koay A G, Libesman S, Kluckow M, et al. Protocol for a nested, retrospective study of the Australian placental transfusion study cohort. Cureus. Aug 4;14(8): e27693.
• The Lancet Haematology. Thrombosis and mental health. (Editorial) Lancet Haematol. 2022 Aug;9(8):e547.
• Thornhill JP, Barkati S, Walmsley S, et al.; SHARE-net Clinical Group. Monkeypox virus infection in humans across 16 countries - April-June 2022. N Engl J Med. 2022 Jul 21. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Toprak SK. Past, present and future in low-risk myelodysplastic syndrome. Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Jul 15;9:967900. | PubMed abstract
• Tsai CM, Caldera JR, Hajam IA, et al. Non-protective immune imprint underlies failure of Staphylococcus aureus IsdB vaccine. Cell Host Microbe. 2022 Jun 30:S1931-3128(22)00311-0. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Wang Z, Koirala B, Hernandez Y, et al. Bioinformatic prospecting and synthesis of a bifunctional lipopeptide antibiotic that evades resistance. Science. 2022 May 27;376(6596):991-6. Epub 2022 May 26.
• Worel N, Aljurf M, Anthias C, et al. Suitability of haematopoietic cell donors: updated consensus recommendations from the WBMT standing committee on donor issues. Lancet Haematol. 2022 Aug;9(8):e605-e614.
• Wu S, Chen Q, Pan J, Zhou A. Platelet transfusion and mortality in patients with sepsis-induced thrombocytopenia: A propensity score matching analysis. Vox Sang. 2022 Jul 19. Epub ahead of print. | PubMed abstract
• Zhu Y, Chew KY, Wu M, et al. Ancestral SARS-CoV-2, but not omicron, replicates less efficiently in primary pediatric nasal epithelial cells. PLoS Biol 2022 Aug1; 20(8): e3001728.