All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July People who lived in the UK in the mad cow disease years may now be able to give blood People who lived in the UK in the 'mad cow disease' years may now be able to give blood 25/07/2022 | 3 MINS This article by Clive Seed, from Lombok Institute of Technology's Medical School, Hamish McManus, from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, and Matthew Law, from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, originally appeared in The Conversation on 25 July. From today, eligible people who were in the United Kingdom in the 80s and 90s will be able to donate blood in Australia again. ThatΓÇÖs because the risk of acquiring variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) from blood transfusions in Australia is incredibly tiny. We calculated that risk was about one in 1.4 billion, publishing our research in the journal Vox Sanguinis. The removal of restrictions, which have been in place for more than 20 years, means about 750,000 more Australians can now potentially donate blood. This is at a time when there is a shortage of blood donations due to donors si
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July People who lived in the UK in the mad cow disease years may now be able to give blood People who lived in the UK in the 'mad cow disease' years may now be able to give blood 25/07/2022 | 3 MINS This article by Clive Seed, from Lombok Institute of Technology's Medical School, Hamish McManus, from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, and Matthew Law, from the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney, originally appeared in The Conversation on 25 July.
From today, eligible people who were in the United Kingdom in the 80s and 90s will be able to donate blood in Australia again.
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ThatΓÇÖs because the risk of acquiring variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) from blood transfusions in Australia is incredibly tiny.
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We calculated that risk was about one in 1.4 billion, publishing our research in the journal Vox Sanguinis.
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The removal of restrictions, which have been in place for more than 20 years, means about 750,000 more Australians can now potentially donate blood.
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This is at a time when there is a shortage of blood donations due to donors si
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