January 23, 2023
Matthew S. Karafin, MD Msc Published in Transfusion, “Hypoxic storage of donor red cells preserves deformability after exposure to plasma from adults with sickle cell disease” Dr. Matthew Karafin was the lead author on a multi-institutional investigation into the role of red cell storage conditions and patient clinical state on donor red cell deformability. The …
January 23, 2023
Dr. Yohei Hisada was appointed as a Co-chair of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) Scientific and Standardization committee (SSC) on Vascular Biology. He will serve as a co-chair for 4 years. The detail about the ISTH SSC on Vascular Biology can be found here.
December 21, 2022
Brandi Reeves, MD was awarded a Core Facilities voucher to characterize neurobehavioral changes in a mouse model of polycythemia vera. Neurobehavioral complaints are common in patients with polycythemia vera (PV), with 75% of patients reporting symptoms. Fatigue, inactivity, and concentration difficulties are the most common and severe symptoms experienced by PV patients and result in …
December 5, 2022
On December 1st, 2022, Yohei Hisada presented at a virtual educational “Bloody Thursday” session to the Department of Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna. The title of the presentation was “Insights into the pathogenesis of cancer-associated venous thromboembolism”. Well done, Dr. Hisada!
December 1, 2022
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December 1, 2022
Steve Hur, PhD was awarded the JTH Editors Award for his recent article, Elimination of fibrin polymer formation or crosslinking, but not fibrinogen deficiency, is protective against diet-induced obesity and associated pathologies. From ISTH: “The JTH Editors’ Awards recognize the best papers by early career investigators. The award consists of a certificate, to be awarded …
November 17, 2022
Click the link below to review the ASH abstracts spreadsheet featuring UNC Hematology and BRC members! 2022 ASH UNC Presentations and Abstracts
October 6, 2022
An abstract submitted by Steven Grover, PhD on work conducted in the laboratory of Nigel Mackman, PhD was selected for presentation in the plenary scientific session at the 64th American Society of Hematology annual meeting. While conducting this work Dr Grover was supported by the UNC Blood Research Center T32 Post-Doctoral Training Program in Benign …
October 3, 2022
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September 19, 2022
In the NIH-funded ‘American Trial Using Tranexamic Acid in Thrombocytopenia (A-TREAT)’ trial, UNC was one of 3 participating clinical centers to enroll patients with platelet transfusion-dependence due to therapy for hematologic malignancies. Between 2016 and 2020, 337 patients were randomized in a double blind fashion to tranexamic acid (TXA) or placebo. Ultimately, no benefit of …
August 20, 2022
Matthew Flick, PhD was recently awarded a NIH U01 grant, which is part of the Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) Stromal Reprogramming Consortium (PSRC). This is an MPI award that Dr. Flick received with collaborators Bumsoo Han, PhD at Purdue University and Melissa Fishel, PhD at the Indiana University School of Medicine. The title of the …
July 28, 2022
Drs. Raj Kasthuri and Yara Park of the UNC BRC, along with multiple alumni of the UNC hematology and transfusion medicine fellowships, co-authored a multi-institutional investigation into the role of race in the response of TTP patients to rituximab that has been accepted for publication in Blood. The study included 645 TTP patients from …