BACKGROUND: The use of a donation sample archive has been in place within the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service for almost 35 years but the advent of human immunodeficiency virus donor testing led to this archive being kept for an indefinite period. This article describes the uses made...
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) develops evidence based clinical practice guidelines for the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland. SIGN guidelines are derived from a systematic review of the scientific literature and are designed as a vehicle for accelerating the translation of...
In the distant past, people were elevated to the peerage for performing some service to the king, perhaps even providing women for his pleasure, and their sons and grandsons have been reaping the benefit for generation after generation. Only recently has the Labour government made changes to the...
This is why scientists all over the world have been trying to make blood in labs.And now,someone finally succeeded-Marc Turner at the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service has produced blood fit for transfusion,reported Forbes.Unlike many other scientists,who have tried t...
Rowling said the referendum would be a historic moment for Scotland. “I just hope with all my heart that we never have cause to look back and feel that we made a historically bad mistake.” Rowling, one of Britain’s wealthiest writers, said she had made a “substantial donation” to ...
Scottish National Blood Transfusion ServiceVox SanguinisL. M. Jarvis, B. C. Dow, A. Cleland, F. Davidson, C. Lycett, K. Morris, B. Webb, A. Jordan &,J. Petrik<.Detection of HCV and HIV-1 antibody negative infections in Scottish and Northern Ireland blood donations by nucleic acid ...