Notification of blood donors who test positive for transfusion-transmissible infections.

Background And Objectives: Despite screening procedures, a few blood donors confirm positive for transfusion-transmissible infections and are deferred. Effective notification of laboratory results is essential to ensure that donors are advised of confirmed results and to seek medical care. Here we report results from post-notification interviews of Canadian Blood Services donors.

Elevated p16Ink4a Expression Enhances Tau Phosphorylation in Neurons Differentiated From Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.

Increased expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16Ink4a (p16) is detected in neurons of human Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains and during normal aging. Importantly, selective eliminating p16-expressing cells in AD mouse models attenuates tau pathologies and improves cognition. But whether and how p16 contributes to AD pathogenesis remains unclear.

The "Other" race category on birth certificates and its impact on analyses of preterm birth inequity.

Objective: Not all individuals self-identify with race categories on birth certificates, selecting "Other" and writing in identities. Our hypothesis was that curating write-in responses in the "Other" race category would contribute to understanding preterm birth inequities.

Methods: We analyzed Pennsylvania birth certificates (2006-2014).