Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

After a detailed description of discoveries in the field of transfusion and their applications over the past three decades, the book deals with all the questions that will determine the future of transfusion: - Transfusion safety, based on better controls and on the introduction of new therapeutic models and innovative methods of analysis, particularly future applications of nanotechnologies for biologic testing of donations; - Projects related to emerging biotechnologies some of which are already in progress and which offer significant possibilities for transfusion: ex vivo production of blood cells, preservation of blood products thanks to the development of haematopoietic cytokines, reduction of the immunogenicity of labile blood products and creation of universal red cells, new collection techniques, blood cell substitutes, etc“̂Ђ♭†́ - Challenges of cell and tissue engineering as part of the activities of transfusion medicine, dedicated to mastering and managing cell samples, regardless of their origin. All cellular therapy strategies are examined in this section: the legal status of the cell, its therapeutic potential for reconstruction medicine, production of vectors for gene transfer, etc“̂Ђ♭†́ Finally, the last section of the book considers the evolution of transfusion in its sociological, ethical and cultural context, and ends with a vision of the transfusion of the future, given present advances considered relevant.