Nearly 5 million people in the United States receive blood transfusions each year, mainly with donations collected, separated, and stored at blood banks. These days both private and institutional blood banks and biobanks are attracting significant amounts of investment, but they’re also facing challenges.
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A panel of experts speaking at Capitol Hill recently affirmed that the US blood supply has never been safer for patients needing transfusions.
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Novel test from T2 Biosystems identifies five species of Candida, one of the most lethal forms of sepsis-causing bloodstream infections, providing results in hours instead of days.
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FDA has granted premarket notification (510(k)) market clearance for the Power Express high-speed automated sample processing system by Beckman Coulter.
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Specifically designed for hematology, the Hematek 3000 system from Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics can be used as a primary slide staining solution in low-volume labs, or as a backup to fully automated slide preparation protocols in larger laboratories.
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