With AIDS and HCV under control, companies large and small are looking to protect the blood supply from a range of known and as yet unknown pathogens, which pose potential threats. Near-term attention is focusing on emerging pathogen inactivation technologies, which are moving closer to the clinic, even as questions linger about their cost effectiveness and toxicity.
By Wendy Diller
Until the AIDS/ HIV crisis hit in the mid to late 1980s, blood transfusions were considered fairly safe and blood...
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