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New GFI1B variants in bleeding and platelet disorders

Platelets restrict blood loss upon vessel damage by formation of a clot (thrombus). Recently, we reported a family with a bleeding and platelet disorder (BPD), which was caused by a defect in the gene GFI1B1.

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Open Access: the ‘Plan S’

 

Research and academic groundwork funded with public means should be free and open to everyone. That is the principle behind Open Access that was formulated in 2003 in the Berlin Declaration.

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Lighting the Flame - Official launch

The European Hematology Association has now officially launched a new program, Lighting the Flame.

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Improved survival for adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) patients

Historical survival for patients 18-45 years with ALL is approximately 40 %. However the event free survival for ALL patients 18-45 years has improved to 73% following implementation of the NOPHO ALL2008 protocol in July 2008.

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Would you sell Peripheral Blood derived Stem Cells?

There are many things that are different in the United States of America (USA) and Europe. Some of these differences are in favour of society in the USA and some in Europe.

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EuroBloodNet aims for better care for patients with rare blood disorders

ERNs is an initiative of the European Commission and consist of networks of healthcare providers and centers of excellence in Europe aimed at improving quality, safety, and access to highly specialised healthcare.

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Ukraine Bridge Funding - information for applicants

The EHA Ukraine Bridge Funding Program is a 1-year non-clinical funding opportunity for Ukrainian hematologists and researchers in hematology (see press release here), now in collaboration with the American Society of Hematology, which will participate in funding and the selection…

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2013 & before

2013
EHA-SWG Scientific Meeting on Thrombocytopenia and Disorders of Platelet Function
September 27-29, 2013 | Lisbon, Portugal

EHA-ROHS-RSH Tutorial on Bone Marrow Transplantation
July 5-7, 2013 | Saint Petersburg, Russia

EHA Tutorial on Lymphoma
May 24-26, 2013 | Cape Town, South Africa

EHA-TSH Tutorial on Chronic Myeloproliferative…

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EU pilot on drug repurposing

Drug repurposing (finding new indications for existing authorized medicines) is increasingly prominent in the debate about improving access to medicines. As stated in EHA’s position paper on access to affordable orphan medicines (Merlini et al.

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