Can Brain Proteins Spread by Blood Transfusions? Early Research Prompts Closer Look.

Can Brain Proteins Spread by Blood Transfusions? Early Research Prompts Closer Look.

(MedPage Today) -- Blood transfusions could possibly transmit harmful brain proteins like amyloid-beta, a review suggested, and additional research and safety measures may be warranted. "The risks of transfusion-related transmission of amyloid...

Lancet review examines possible amyloid-beta transmission through blood transfusions

A review and opinion piece published in The Lancet and led by UCL (University College London) and UCLH researchers discusses the possibility that blood transfusions may inadvertently transmit harmful brain proteins, and whether additional safety measures are warranted as a precaution whilst further research is conducted to better understand these potential risks.

Could screening proteins linked to stroke and Alzheimer’s make

A review and opinion article in The Lancet has raised the possibility that blood transfusions could, under rare and as-yet unproven circumstances, transmit amyloid-beta pathology associated with Alzheimer’s disease and cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Led by researchers from University College London and University College London Hospitals, the article does not claim that modern blood transfusions cause […]

expert reaction to opinion piece and literature review about risk of transmission of amyloid β pathology via transfused blood products

An opinion piece and literature review published in The Lancet looks at the risk of amyloid beta transmission through transfused blood products.    Dr Susan Kohlhaas, Executive Director of Research and Partnerships, Alzheimer’s Research UK, said: “This research explores an interesting and important scientific question, and it’s right that researchers discuss and continue to investigate it. “The authors bring together evidence suggesting that amy…