seroepidemiological investigation of hepatitis b,c and hiv virus in safe blood donors of babol blood transfusion center   aghajanipoor k.1,2 (md), zandieh t.1(phd)      1 iranian blood transfusion organization-research center   2 amol regional blood transfusion center

The history of early attempts of blood transfusion in Iran traces back to the 1940s; however, around three decades later in 1974, the Iranian National Blood Transfusion Service (Sazeman-e Melli-e Enteqal-e Khun-e Iran) was founded by the outstanding hematologist, Professor Fereydoun Ala. The main goals of this centralized organization were to collect blood from healthy voluntary donors, to scre...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Platelet concentrates (PC) are used in thrombocytopenia and inherited or acquired platelet dysfunction disorders. Thus, retaining the platelets quality and function during storage will lead to desirable outcomes in treatment of such patients.  METHODS  In this study, we evaluated 40 PC bags, prepared by PRP method in IBTO centers. We applied an array of assays, on fi...

the prevalence of hepatitis c and its related factors among blood donors of kerman blood center   delavari m.1,2(md), tabatabaie s.m.1,2(md), sheikh bardsiri h.1,2(bs),   maarefdust z.1,2(as), zandieh t.1(phd) 1 iranian blood transfusion organization-research center   2 kerman regional blood transfusion center

OBJECTIVES Umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (UCB-MSCs) are ideally suited for use in various cell-based therapies. We investigated a novel induction protocol (NIP) to improve the neuronal differentiation of human UCB-MSCs under appropriate conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS This experimental study was performed in Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization (IBTO), Tehran, Ira...

Saleh Nasiri Research Center of Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization (IBTO), Tehran, Iran. Tel: +98-218-860-1501-30, Fax: +98-218-860-1555, E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Human platelet concentrates are usually stored in blood banks for 5 days, after expiration date they are discarded. Human lyophilized platelet is one of the approaches to preserve the platelets for long time stor...

transfusion medicine   past, present, future   pourfathollah a.a.1,2(phd)   1 tarbiat modarres university   2 iranian blood transfusion organization-research center