In May of 2013, Nicole Porto was thriving in all aspects of life. She had built up a life for herself that she was proud of. Physically, she had been training for the Brooklyn Half Marathon and felt extremely strong;...
As part of our role at the Blood Center, the Flow Cytometry Lab takes donated platelet and red blood cell products and filters out white blood cells called leukocytes, which could be harmful to patients if transfused. So as not...
Summer months are notoriously difficult times for blood collection due to the lack of high school and college blood drives (and, in years past, due to scheduled vacations that leave less time for regular blood donation). To help us keep...
By Tho D. Pham, MD, Chief Medical Officer For many years SBC has provided donors with a total cholesterol reading as a courtesy part of each blood donation, which has been routinely recorded on the online donor portal (sbcdonor.org). Back...
In late February, Belmont resident Fred van den Haak gave his 600th blood donation with Stanford Blood Center. Though currently in his 70s, Fred has been a dedicated blood donor and highly service-oriented since he was young. “My first donation...
From January to March of 2020, Stanford Blood Center (SBC) participated in an intensive and highly selective program with the d.school (Stanford University’s school of design) that helps community organizations work through their design thinking methodology. SBC elected to utilize...
In early March, law enforcement officer Steve Vega was experiencing the early stages of what he thought to be a cold — cough, sore throat, chills, etc. But after two weeks of progressively worsening symptoms and a doctor’s visit that...
When Rachel Ren* was a junior, she was thrilled at the opportunity to give blood at her high school’s SBC mobile drive. Rachel had never had an experience with blood donation before — never had a family member need blood...