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2023 Scientific Activities Report

It is a privilege to present to you the 2023 edition of Héma‑Québec’s Scientific Activities Report, whose publication coincides with the 25th anniversary of our organization. To mark this major milestone, the first pages of the report give an overview of the evolution of Héma‑Québec’s research activities over the past 25 years.

Expertise de laboratoire
A remarkable work

Over the course of 2023, our teams undertook several projects consistent with our goal of making the donation of blood products more inclusive. This work paved the way to the withdrawal of the deferral criterion regarding variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which came about in December following approval by Health Canada. In the same vein, Héma‑Québec continues to assess the effects of expanding the eligibility to donate blood products to men who have sex with men (MSM), a major change that came into effect in 2022.

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