OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to emphasize the significance of internal audits of the blood donor selection process and documentation in a resource-limited country by assessing compliance with the established protocols, and to identify weak areas in the process. MATERIALS AND METHODS This audit reviewed the donor selection process at the blood bank of Liaquat National Hospital & Medical...

Donor–donor?–acceptor molecules where the donor? bridges donor and acceptor have different possible interaction pathways for charge transfer.

BACKGROUND To ensure an adequate and safe blood supply, it is crucial to select suitable donors according to stringent eligibility criteria. Understanding the reasons for donor deferral can help in planning more efficient recruitment strategies and evaluating donor selection criteria. This study aims to define donor pre-donation deferral rates, causes of deferral, and characteristics of deferre...

Transplantation is the preferred treatment for the most serious forms of kidney disease; deceaseddonor and live-donor kidneys are the two sources for transplantation, and these sources are utilized via two different programs. One of these programs, a two-way kidney paired donation (KPD), involves two patient-donor couples, for each of whom transplantation from donor to intended recipient is not...

Until recently, sperm donors have remained anonymous under the 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act. There has been a distinct international trend towards allowing children access to identifying information about their donor. The UK has followed and, subject to parliamentary approval, children born by donations made after 1 April 2005 will be legally entitled to information revealing the...

Background: The Presence of donor leukocytes in recipients of organ allograft has been shown even several years after transplantation. However, it remains unclear whether this donor cell microchimerism plays an effective role in allograft acceptance or is simply a consequence of immunosuppressive conditions in recipients. Objective: To study microchimerism in a group of kidney transplant recipi...