As a result of the fourth meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on In Vitro Diagnostics in 2022, a decision was made to recommend a point-of-care test (i.e., the EldonCard), developed and marketed by Eldon Biologicals, to determine an individual’s ABO blood type and Rh(D) status in the context […]
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6th Annual Dr. John G. Gorman Lectureship in Transfusion Medicine
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | Columbia University Irving Medical Center The Department of Pathology and Cell Biology invites you to the 6th Annual Dr. John G. Gorman Lectureship in Transfusion Medicine, featuring Dr. Krystalyn E. Hudson, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Laboratory of Transfusion Biology at Columbia University. Dr. Hudson will present:“Autoimmune Hemolytic […]
WIRhE Announces New Organizational Structure
On July 17, 2025, the WIRhE Board approved an important step forward for our organization: the establishment of the WIRhE Foundation, a nonprofit based in Amsterdam, as the new global lead for our work. This structure will strengthen our ability to secure funding, build partnerships with NGOs, and expand our reach. The Foundation will be […]
SAVE THE DATE: 2nd International Alloimmune Conference on Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus & Newborn
We are pleased to announce the second edition in the international conference series on pregnancy-related alloimmune diseases. Following the successful 2023 meeting on FNAIT, the 2026 conference will focus on Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (HDFN). This edition will also feature the farewell lecture of Ellen van der Schoot (Sanquin). Preliminary program […]
Australian whose blood saved 2.4 million babies dies
Mr. James Harrison, aged 88, died on February 17, 2024. He was well known in Australia as “the man with the golden arm,” who frequently and regularly donated his plasma, which contained high titers of anti-D, to enable the manufacture of RhIg. In this way, he helped prevent maternal sensitization in many women, enabling the […]
Colombian National Consensus Guidelines for preventing and treating Rh disease, published in Spanish
Title: Consenso colombiano de diagnóstico, prevención y manejo de la enfermedad Rh; (Colombian consensus for the diagnosis, prevention, and management of Rhesus disease) Citation: Benavides-Serralde JA, Buitrago-Leal M, Molina-Giraldo S, Benavides-Calvache JP, Rivera-Tobar I, López-Rodríguez MJ, Miranda J, Valencia C. Consenso colombiano de diagnóstico, prevención y manejo de la enfermedad Rh. Rev Colomb Obstet Ginecol. 2024;75:4142. https://doi.org/10.18597/rcog.4142 Summary: This paper is […]