Syanne Landron, born in August without T cells, has been approved for an implant procedure that could save her life.

Patients with packed red blood cells had an increased risk for major ... with a mean bypass time of 115.4 minutes were the most common procedures, and 1.4% were reoperations.

During the standard blood donation procedure at IBC ... enterocolitis in very low birth weight neonates after packed red blood cell transfusion. J Pediatr 2011;158:403–9. Article Google ...

The trial procedure begins when healthy heart cells are collected from the patient's heart. Next, the cells are off to the lab, where more stem cells are grown, along with complimentary heart cells.

To the Editor: Early in the development of a large program of packed cell distribution in Massachusetts, it was noticed that no reports of hepatitis were coming in concerning packed cells although ...