The best candidates for platelet pheresis are donors with blood types A+, B+ and AB+ and males with high platelet counts.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Upstate New York Transplant Services expanded Monday its community blood service to include platelet pheresis donation at DeGraff Memorial Hospital.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Days and hours of operation for pheresis platelet donors at DeGraff are 10: 30 a.m. to 3: 30 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, and every third Saturday of the month.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Platelet pheresis is a process through which blood is drawn from a donor and separated into its components, some of which are retained, the remainder of which are returned to the donor.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

With the addition of platelet pheresis donation, UNYTS is offering donors the opportunity to maximize their donation, and in turn, directly help those patients battling serious illness or surgery in our local hospitals.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

After the pheresis and by means of immunomagnetic selection, monocytes are obtained - a type of white blood cell the function of which in the body is to pass to the tissues, converting themselves into dendritic cells and capture antigens (molecules capable of triggering an immune response), amongst these tumoural antigens.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference