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SHANGHAI, Aug. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Famous Chinese actor, Ray Lui, Honorary Chairman of Touchmedia, joined hands with celebrities and corporate leaders to donate blood today at the Shanghai Red Cross Blood Center, launching the "Touch Your Heart - Donate for Love" campaign calling for more volunteers to donate blood. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120827/CN63034) "Touch Your Heart - Donate for Love" is being led by Touchmedia and Mr. Lui and Micky Fung,...

Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Centers’, 6574 E. Riverside Blvd in Loves Park, will host a blood drive from 9am to 1pm on Friday, August 31st, 2012. (PRWEB) August 23, 2012 Tuffy Tire & Auto Service Centers’, 6574 E. Riverside Blvd in Loves Park, will host a blood drive from 9am to 1pm on Friday, August 31st, 2012. You can schedule an appointment to donate by calling 815-639-1239, but walk ins are welcome. Registered donors will receive a voucher for an oil change with 5 quarts of...

A pioneering surgical blood salvage technology developed at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, is set to transform the way major surgery is carried out by reducing blood loss in patients. HemoSep is set to revolutionize the health care sector after gaining the CE mark and receiving Canadian national approval, following highly successful clinical trials in the world leading University of Kirikkale University Hospital in Ankara, Turkey. The device is designed to recover blood spilled...

Progress toward a new emergency treatment for internal bleeding ― counterpart to the tourniquets, pressure bandages and Quick Clot products that keep people from bleeding to death from external wounds ― was reported here today at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. Erin Lavik, Sc.D., who described the advance toward developing synthetic platelets, said it is among the efforts underway world-wide to treat...

WEST CALDWELL, N.J., Aug. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Alfa Wassermann Diagnostic Technologies, LLC (AWDT), the market leader in clinical chemistry analyzers for the physician office laboratory, today announced the launch of its ACE Axcel(TM) Clinical Chemistry System. The next generation ACE Axcel is designed to meet the needs of physician office laboratories and is cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration specifically for use in physician office labs. (Photo:...

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...

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CSL Behring announced today that it has awarded six patient advocacy organizations in the U.S. with Local Empowerment for Advocacy Development (LEAD) grants totaling nearly $70,000. LEAD grants are awarded semiannually and are intended to help local patient organizations achieve their advocacy objectives by further developing an existing initiative or developing a new one. (Logo:...

Understanding the value of helping to save lives and bring a little fun back to the community, the professionals at MedMar Healing Center, a Medical Marijuana dispensary, recently played host to a charity blood drive that enjoyed a turnout much greater than even organizers expected. (PRWEB) July 31, 2012 Understanding that saving lives can be fun for the whole family , the professionals at MedMar Healing Center recently played host to a charity blood drive that enjoyed a turnout much...

FORT LEE, N.J., July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Effective today, The Kedrion Group [www.kedrion.com] completed acquisition of the RhoGAM(®) line of products [www.RhoGAM.com] from Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. (OCD). The acquisition includes the transfer of the Rho(D) Immune Globulin (Human) RhoGAM(®) Ultra-Filtered PLUS and Rho(D) Immune Globulin (Human) MICRhoGAM(®) Ultra-Filtered PLUS products as well as Somerset Laboratories, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ortho Clinical...

ST. PAUL, Minn., July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- July marks a major milestone for local nonprofit Memorial Blood Centers and Minnesota-based Donaldson Company (NYSE;DCI): a 40-year partnership that has promoted the cause of blood donation and helped save and sustain tens of thousands of lives in our local community. "As one of Minnesota's oldest and largest nonprofit community-based blood centers, Memorial Blood Centers has been extremely fortunate to have such a...