Latest New York Blood Center Stories

NEW YORK, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute of the New York Blood Center announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Dr. Sara Lustigman, Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology will pursue an innovative global health and development research project, titled Innovative 3-D in vitro culturing system for filarial worms. These worms are needed to screen...

NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its mission to bring together leading research and medical talent and institutions from the United States and Asia, the Milstein Medical Asian American Partnership Foundation (MMAAP Foundation) today announced that it has made its inaugural fellowship and translational medicine project awards. This year's fellowship award sponsors a Chinese physician/investigator in geriatrics for one-year training at a leading medical institution...

Blood Supply is Down 6,000+ Units From Hurricane Disruptions Despite Heroic Efforts of Many Regular Donors NEW YORK, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New York Blood Center (NYBC), serving more than 20 million people in New York City, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and New Jersey, is asking for post-hurricane emergency blood donations. Though hospital needs were met, and heroic donors found the NYBC facilities that were able to remain open, the unprecedented disruption...

NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York Blood Center (NYBC) is working with area hospitals to make sure there is no disruption in the critical blood and blood product supply if a major storm hits the Metropolitan Area next week. NYBC is calling upon donors who have made an appointment to give blood to keep the appointment. Donors without an appointment also can give blood in advance of the storm to assure an adequate supply next week. Information on donor centers and...

NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As the 11(th) Anniversary of September 11 approaches, New York Blood Center (NYBC) honors the many dedicated donors who gave the gift of life immediately following the terrorist attacks -- and each and every day since. "After the overwhelming outpouring of support we received 11 years ago, we erected a plaque outside our Manhattan headquarters to honor everyone who helped," said NYBC Vice President Rob Purvis. "But what's so critical for us...

NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New York Blood Center (NYBC), which provides lifesaving blood transfusion products and medical services to Greater New York's 20 million residents, in addition to operating the world's largest public cord blood bank and a significant medical research institute, is proud to announce that Michelle Miao has been elected to its Board of Trustees. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120827/NY63432) Michelle Miao, Ph.D. is Assistant...

O-Negative Donors Urged to Donate Now NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New York Blood Center (NYBC) is asking for the public's help to maintain an adequate three-to-five day supply of O-negative blood. People with O-negative blood are known as "universal donors" because their blood can be transfused into anyone. It is found in just six percent of the population, and is often transfused to patients in emergency rooms and trauma situations when there is no time for...

Every Blood Donor is a Hero. NEW YORK, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, June 14, New York Blood Center (NYBC) will join a worldwide celebration of World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank blood donors for their lifesaving gifts of blood. The WBDD 2012 theme is "Every Blood Donor is a Hero," focusing on the idea that everyone can be a hero by giving blood, encouraging every person to roll up...

NEW YORK, April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gathering together some of the world's most prominent researchers in the field of cord blood biology, the New York Blood Center (NYBC) hosted the "Second Milstein Symposium: Perspectives in Cord Blood Biology and Clinical Applications" at NYBC's Murray Sargent Auditorium. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120412/NY86569 ) Tuesday's day-long symposium, attended by more than 200 doctors, scientists and others in the...

What You Should Know About Storing or Donating Your Baby's Cord Blood NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Icla da Silva Foundation is hosting a free informational breakfast in an effort to increase awareness of available cord blood storage and donation options. Questions regarding the process of cord blood will be answered. All soon to be mothers, current mothers and others interested are invited to attend a morning of discussion led by experts in the...