In addition to providing blood products to use for transfusion and transplants, Stanford Blood Center (SBC) also collects blood products that play a major role in advancing medicine through research. We took a look at the journey blood products take...
Each winter as part of our Give Good campaign, we partner with a different community organization to double the impact of each blood donation. Patients and their families benefit from blood donations, and others in our community that need support...
Pediatric cancer is not rare, despite what many may think. In fact, each year approximately 15,780 children between the ages of birth and 19 years of age are diagnosed with cancer in the United States; that’s 1 in 285 children. Around...
On Saturday, January 21st, SBC teamed up with the San Jose Sharks for the 11th Annual Sharks Foundation Save a Life Blood Drive. The drive was a smashing success – we collected 254 units of blood, and even had 41...
At Stanford Blood Center (SBC), we take our job of helping save lives very seriously. Each day, we focus on providing blood products to our partner hospitals so that they may serve local patients. Without the support of so many...
For our 2014 Give Good campaign, Stanford Blood Center partnered with BayKids Studios – a nonprofit who helps children facing long-term hospitalization empower themselves through filmmaking. Our Give Good contributions went toward funding a film made by Danica, a young...
Stanford Blood Center (SBC) may be best known for collecting blood products for patient use at our partner hospitals, including Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, but there is another extraordinarily important life-saving function performed by SBC; it’s...
Stanford Blood Center (SBC) is excited to announce the arrival of our newest bloodmobile coach! This spacious, custom-made coach was designed by SBC and features 2 medical history rooms and 4 donor beds. It replaces an older, smaller bus that...
A blood drive was held on October 18th in honor of John McMordie, a Stanford engineering student who tragically passed away this summer. A beloved son, brother, and friend, John was just 23 years old when he died. This past...
Jason Khalipa of NC Fit set out to make history with the help of the Crossfit community. His goal was to coordinate with Crossfit gyms across the country to host blood drives and sign up as many bone marrow donors...