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Passive Antibodies Other Than Anti-D Through RhIG?
RhIG and its many brand names (Rhophylac, WinRho, RhoGAM, etc) is derived from human blood plasma containing the anti-D antibody. Plasma is harvested from hea…
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What Is ADAMTS13? ADAMTS13 stands for “A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase with a Thrombospondin Type 1 Motif, Member 13.” If you can't remember that, von …
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Duffy The Vampire Slayer?
Duffy Null (Fya-Fyb-) and Malaria The prevailing thought was that Duffy negative (Fya-Fyb-) phenotypes typically found throughout the African population c…
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Platelet Additive Solution (PAS) Platelets and Their Variations
Platelet Additive Solutions: What's the Difference Between PAS-A, PAS-B, PAS-C and the Rest? Maybe you're used to seeing PAS-C platelets and haven'…
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Is Blood a Drug?
Is Blood a Drug? Yes—at least in the regulatory sense. Blood and blood components occupy an interesting place in U.S. law because the FDA regulates them both a…
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