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Addition of obinutuzumab (GA101) or rituximab to chlorambucil improves outcomes for elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and co-existing medical conditions (comorbidities)

CLL is the most common leukemia in the western world. Many CLL patients are elderly and have comorbidities rendering them ineligible for aggressive standard treatments.

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Sanquin Blood Supply will culture erythrocytes for transfusion purposes

ABO-Rh-D matched transfusions result in alloimmunisation in 3-5% of recipients. Once allo-immunized, it may become very difficult to find appropriate donor erythrocytes, especially when multiple antibodies or rare combinations of antibodies are present.

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Hematopoietic stem cells: New results to be presented at the 18th Congress of the EHA

During ageing, this fine-tuned regulatory network may become altered, leading to abnormal HSC regulation. The functional quality of HSCs decreases with age partly due to an accumulation of damaged DNA, leading to an increased incidence of hematological malignancies.

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New HemaSphere publication on IVDR implementation

The In Vitro Diagnostic medical devices Regulation (IVDR), which came in to force in May 2022 with the objective of safeguarding the quality and safety of diagnostic tests in the EU, has a major impact on commercially available IVDs (CEIVDs) and…

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International Call to Action to Alleviate Drug Shortages

The common call to action seeks first to raise awareness of shortages of drugs among hematologists.

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