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Author Archives: George Brennan - Independent Correspondent

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Giving is in this Cedarville woman’s blood

by George Brennan - Independent Correspondent 02/14/202402/14/2024

In 2016, after donating platelets more than 100 times at the Kraft Blood Donor Center in Boston, Terry McKenna of Cedarville received disappointing news. Researchers discovered that some women who had previously given birth carry an extra antibody – human leukocyte antigen (HLA) – that can harm patients who receive their platelets. Terry, a mother […]

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