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AABB is a not-for-profit association representing institutions and individuals working in transfusion medicine and biotherapies. #AABB2025 #AABBjc #AABBcabp
Bethesda, MD
Joined August 2010
In a new “White Coats” interview, Catherine Karekezi, PhD, shares how she’s working to empower people with sickle cell disease and other non-communicable diseases to shape the future of care in Kenya and beyond. Read her story in AABB News:
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Meet the 2025 #AABBFoundation early-career scientific research grant recipients. 🔬. These five investigators are advancing transfusion medicine and biotherapies through projects on sickle cell disease, platelet function, stem cell mobilization and more:
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🎧 Don’t miss a new #Transfusion podcast!. This month, investigators from @umn_dom join to discuss their recent commentary that focused on efforts to standardize the apheresis collections for chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies. Listen now:
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Happy #CordBlood Awareness Month! 🩸. To celebrate, we’re kicking off a quiz series that highlights the science, history and life-saving potential of cord blood. Think you know your stuff? Test your knowledge and drop your guess in the comments!
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RT @CordBloodAssn: 🚨 Calling all innovators in cord blood & birthing tissue! Submit your proposal by July 8 to present a 5-min Lightning Ta….
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Mark your calendars! 📅. The 12th edition of AABB’s Standards for Cellular Therapy Services takes effect tomorrow. Now available in print, digital, and bundle formats: . #CellularTherapy #Biotherapies
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The latest #CellSource covers CAR T-cell therapies for rare blood cancers and glioblastoma, long-term #hemophilia gene therapy success, new CT Standards and more. 🧬. 📖 #Biotherapies #CellTherapy
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🩸 Scientists at @EFS_dondesang have discovered a new blood type — “Gwada negative” — in a woman from Guadeloupe. It’s now officially the world’s 48th blood group system. Learn more: #BloodTypes #Immunohematology.
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The #AABB2025 program is live!. Join us in San Diego, Oct. 25-28, for 125+ sessions on transfusion medicine, biotherapies cord blood and more. Register by July 30 to save up to $300. 🔗 . #BloodBanking #TransfusionMedicine #CordBlood
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A new #Transfusion is here!. Research in the June issue explores challenges with gene therapy for sickle cell disease, the current state of granulocyte products and the evidence base for platelet transfusion. Start reading:
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Australian Red Cross @LifebloodAU announced major expansions to blood donor eligibility this week:. 🔷 Starting July 14, most gay and bisexual men will be eligible to donate plasma. 🔷 Individual donor assessment will take effect in 2026. Learn more:
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Global progress in #SickleCell treatment takes center stage in June’s AABB News. Explore emerging therapies, inspiring gene therapy stories, and powerful advocacy through film. Read more at the AABB News Center:
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Jimi Olaghere lived with sickle cell disease for decades. After gene therapy, he's now symptom free — and in 2024, became the first person with SCD to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro. His story shows the life-changing power of gene therapy and advocacy. 🔗
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Get to know an AABB-accredited facility! . In a new spotlight interview, Mauricio Fernandez of @DiscLS shares how AABB accreditation has shaped his facility’s CGT quality operations and team. #CellularTherapy #AdvancedTherapies #Quality
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In an @AnnalsofIM editorial, transfusion medicine experts warn that non–medically indicated directed blood donations—often fueled by misinformation—pose ethical, clinical and patient safety risks. 📄 Read more:
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Before blood could save lives, it had to be understood. On #WorldBloodDonorDay, we celebrate donors and Karl Landsteiner—born 157 years ago today—whose discovery of blood groups changed medicine forever. 🩸. Learn more about his work:
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