In May, Canadian Blood Services warned of an imminent shortage of a take-home immune globulin product. Immune globulin is one of the many life-saving medicines made from human blood plasma, and a ...

Sudbury residents can check out the CBS Sudbury Plasma Donor Centre at the Lasalle Court Mall, 900 Lasalle Blvd., where it ...

Transfusion plasma must be fresh, it has a limited shelf life, and it is collected domestically, from unpaid, volunteer donors, because the risk of transmitting blood borne illness is considered ...

The arrival of paid-plasma, the first human material Canadians can sell (selling sperm, eggs and embryos is prohibited) on the 20th anniversary of the Krever inquiry, tests the country’s ...

CPR isn’t the first company in Canada to pay for human plasma; Cangene Corporation, a small outfit in Winnipeg, has for decades paid for plasma that contains a rare antibody (it now also ...

Health services around the world have faced shortages of plasma-derived medicines since at least 2018. The trade in human blood might seem gruesome. In fact, it is essential.

Sexual activity rules that have prohibited thousands of Australians from donating blood have been lifted, smashing long-held stigmas and increasing much-needed plasma supplies.