R&D blog
With this series of blogs, we bring you an insight into the research that NHS Blood and Transplant are working on to improve patient and donor care.
Understanding Consent for Blood Transfusion: What Patients Need to Know
What Patients Need to Know
Understanding Consent for Blood Transfusion: What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know
What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know
Celebrating Excellence in Blood and Transplant Research
Plain Language Summary Competition - The Winners!
The challenges of recruiting more blood donors
More young blood donors and blood donors with Black/African-Caribbean heritage are needed to provide a larger pool of donated blood as lifesaving support for people with blood conditions including blood cancers and sickle cell disorders
Testing matter – SARS-CoV-2 neutralising antibody assays, variants and the optimum plasma donor
Doctors Heli Harvala and Emma Wakins.
Time for change – Addressing the risk of occult hepatitis B in blood donations
Doctors Emma Watkins and Heli Harvala.
How bone marrow stem cells can support Acute Myeloid Leukemia to escape chemotherapy treatment
Dr Simón Méndez-Ferrer is an NHSBT Principal Investigator and a Reader in Transfusion Medicine at the University of Cambridge.
T-regulatory cell migration and Vitamin D
Dr. Abigail Lamikanra is a Research Co-ordinator at the University of Oxford.
Development and validation of a universal blood donor genotyping platform
Nicholas Gleadall is a PhD Student in Genomics at the University of Cambridge.
MAM-negative blood group phenotype
Nicole Thornton is the Head of Red Cell Reference, IBGRL, NHS Blood and Transplant