title: What's happening - Scotblood 2006 advances in immunetolerance, information technology, microarrays and pathogen inactivation in transfusion medicine.
abstract: This commentary on Scotblood meeting aimed to provide a highlight on four areas of new development in blood transfusion medicine, based on the abstracts provided by the invited speakers. Dr. Jerard Seghatchian would like to express his sincere thanks to Prof. Robin Fraser, Chairman of the Scotblood Organising Committee, and Dr. Hagop Bessos, chairman of the Scotblood Programme Sub-Committee, for inviting him to attend this event and providing him with the essential material for this report.
authors.affiliation: The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, R&D Directorate, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: Hagop
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bessos
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: Jerard
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Seghatchian
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000639:trends; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D017053:Infection Control / Q000639:trends; D007254:Information Science / Q000639:trends; D046228:Microarray Analysis / Q000639:trends; D012606:Scotland