Japan plans blood-donor restrictions to combat vCJD

UK patient first to contract vCJD via blood transfusion.

Blood Donor Deferral among Students in Northern Japan: Challenges Ahead.

BACKGROUND As Japan's aging society needs more blood, young students comprise a progressively smaller portion of the donor pool. To ensure a safe and sustainable blood supply, it is crucial to select suitable donors. This study aims to evaluate donor deferral rates, causes of deferral, and characteristics of deferred Japanese students. METHODS Computerized records of blood centers in northern...

Ethical aspects of plans to combat Huntington's disease.

Author's abstract Consideration is given to some strategies to combat Huntington's disease in the absence of treatment to arrest its progress. Ethical issues for tests such as levodopa loading, to provoke symptoms prematurely in carriers of the gene, are compared with those associated with schemes for delaying the onset of disease. The major drawback of these designs is the uncertainty that pro...

BLOOD-BORNE TRANSMISSION OF vCJD RE-EXAMINATION OF SCENARIOS

A paper prepared by the Health Protection Analytical team and presented to the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Risk Assessment SubGroup -"Blood Borne Transmission of vCJD Re-examination of Scenarios". Public, the science community and health professionals with specific interest in the blood borne risk of human prion disease. "On vCJD transmissio...

Rare donor program in Japan.