transfusion
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They become important when the immune system encounters red blood cells carrying an antigen it recognizes as foreign, particularly during transfusion or pregnancy.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
The identification of MAL changed that, giving researchers a molecular explanation, clinicians a path toward better genetic testing, and rare patients a better chance of being identified before a difficult transfusion becomes an emergency.
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
But this treatment carried a high risk of the boy contracting anaemia, which could require an urgent blood transfusion in order to avoid death.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
In Hopital St. Croix there was sometimes a shortage of blood, and unless a patient could pay for blood to be sent from another hospital, he went without a transfusion and might well die.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
After incompatible transfusions were followed by signs of red blood cell destruction, clinicians used sutimlimab, a drug that blocks part of the immune complement pathway.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
He spent nine days on a ventilator and 18 days on dialysis, during which time doctors gave him blood, platelet and plasma transfusions.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
The child, the complaint says, required dialysis and blood transfusions and suffered seizures and decreased pancreatic function.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 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
They used hybrids to create the first monoclonal antibodies, special proteins later used to create cancer therapies like Herceptin, and to identify the blood groups that increased the safety of transfusions.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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