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October 29, 2020 at 10:20 am
Published by Stanford Blood Center
By Victoria Somerville, Marketing Manager Exciting news! As of August 24, we are officially able to offer our dedicated plasma and platelet donors extra points for our Donor Loyalty Store based on the amount of pints given during a single...
October 29, 2020 at 9:35 am
Published by Krista Thomas | Communications Strategist
A common question we get at SBC is “What’s the difference between donating at SBC and another blood center in the area?” And while we can’t provide details as to the inner workings of other blood centers, we can tell...
October 29, 2020 at 9:35 am
Published by Stanford Blood Center
By Tamara Vayntrub, Project Manager, HLA Lab SBC’s Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics Laboratory (HLA Lab) is a leader in the field of transplantation and genetics. The HLA Lab supports patients by using state-of-the-art technology to perform solid organ and bone marrow...
September 16, 2020 at 11:08 am
Published by Krista Thomas | Communications Strategist
On September 17, SBC updated and, in some cases, reduced deferral periods for a number of risk factors, including travel to malaria-risk regions, tattoos, and risk of HIV (which includes guidance around men who have sex with men). These changes,...
August 19, 2020 at 10:02 am
Published by Krista Thomas | Communications Strategist
Beliefs around blood have inspired many idioms and words for centuries in the English language. However, in some cases, what is now thought of as no more than a descriptive figure of speech actually originated from an outdated anatomical understanding...
August 17, 2020 at 8:04 am
Published by Krista Thomas | Communications Strategist
In honor of this week’s Blood in Pop Culture challenge, “blood x theater,” SBC sat down with classically trained actor and Bay Area native Robert Sicular to ask about his experience with blood and acting. Since the age of three,...
August 13, 2020 at 6:00 am
Published by Stanford Blood Center
By Harpreet Sandhu, CEO/Executive Director While it may be hard to believe, we are now in month five of shelter in place. These past months have been anything but easy, but despite this turmoil, it is extremely heartening and inspiring...
August 13, 2020 at 5:40 am
Published by Stanford Blood Center
By Marcelo Fernández-Viña, PhD, D (ABHI), Medical Director of SBC’s Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics Laboratory (HLA Lab) A few months ago for national Donate Life Month, we shared information on our SBC blog (HemoBLOGin) about organ donation and the critical role...
August 6, 2020 at 1:39 pm
Published by Krista Thomas | Communications Strategist
As our dedicated blood donors know, when it comes to helping patients, there is no synthetic substitute for blood. However, when it comes to live theater and cinema, there are many different products that have masqueraded as blood over the...
July 14, 2020 at 10:22 am
Published by Krista Thomas | Communications Strategist
For various campaigns, such as Blood in Pop Culture, we may ask our donors to post pictures on social media, tag SBC and use our hashtag. However, navigating how to post on various platforms and how to make that post...