transfusion
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A critical incident was declared at some London hospitals after the provider was targeted by Qilin on 3 June 2024, with blood transfusion services severely disrupted, operations cancelled and emergency patients diverted elsewhere.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Their findings solved a puzzle dating back to 1972 and could help prevent dangerous transfusion reactions in a small number of patients.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
The court heard that the child also had sickle cell disease, which complicated the operation and increased the potential need for a blood transfusion.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Tests revealed she had severe anemia, leading to a blood transfusion from another eagle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
As he was dying, word spread throughout Hayti that he needed a blood transfusion.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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Her own stem cells were edited and she no longer needs the monthly blood transfusions she endured for most of her life.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
People with the disease can develop severe anemia, experience frequent infections, and need repeated blood transfusions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
By storing blood in two battalion chief vehicles, paramedics are able to begin transfusions at the scene of a severe bleeding emergency instead of having to wait until the victim arrives at a hospital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
In the 1920s, Soviet polymath Alexander Bogdanov’s experiments with rejuvenating blood transfusions attracted the Kremlin’s attention—before he died as a consequence of his self-inflicted treatments, at the age of 55.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Darwin's “gemmule” theory—that hereditary instructions were thrown adrift by all cells and then floated in the blood, like a million messages in bottles—suggested that blood transfusions might transmit gemmules and thereby alter heredity.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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