Scientific Session: An Old Product with New Hope: Cold-Stored Platelets

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Event details

Presented by:

Dr. Wayne Zhao
Graduate Student
Centre for Blood Research
University of British Columbia

Objectives:

1.    Review the history of platelet storage.
2.    Identify the morphological and in vitro differences between room-temperature stored platelets versus cold-stored platelets.
3.    Introduce the potential benefits of cold-stored platelets.
4.    Discuss the future of cold-stored platelet research.

References:

1.    Getz TM. Physiology of cold-stored platelets. Transfus Apher Sci. 2019 Feb;58(1):12-15. doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2018.12.011. Epub 2018 Dec 30. PMID: 30639086.
2.    Zhao H, Devine DV. The Missing Pieces to the Cold-Stored Platelet Puzzle. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jan 20;23(3):1100. doi: 10.3390/ijms23031100. PMID: 35163024; PMCID: PMC8835703.
3.    Reddoch-Cardenas KM, Bynum JA, Meledeo MA, Nair PM, Wu X, Darlington DN, Ramasubramanian AK, Cap AP. Cold-stored platelets: A product with function optimized for hemorrhage control. Transfus Apher Sci. 2019 Feb;58(1):16-22. doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2018.12.012. Epub 2018 Dec 30. PMID: 30704925.

 

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