News Archive

2026

• Welcoming the Menchacas to the Board: A Donate Life Month Story of David’s Legacy
• San Antonio blood donation event offers Spurs playoff Fiesta cap Tuesday
• Score a limited-edition Spurs playoff Fiesta cap when donating blood with South Texas Blood & Tissue
• San Antonians celebrate Fiesta by donating blood
• Donate Life Month in San Antonio: Landmarks light up blue and green
• CGT’s next obstacle: Securing the leukapheresis supply chain
• Audra Taylor Receives ADRP Gilcher Award for Leadership
• Why External Advanced Cell and Gene Therapy Trials Slide to the Bottom
• Four BioBridge Global Leaders Named Health Care Heroes in San Antonio
• Honoring Alan’s legacy during Donate Life Month
• A New Blood Group Was Discovered. What Does That Mean for Transfusion Medicine?
• Choosing a biomanufacturing service organization (BSO): from the perspective of a BSO
• Last chance to score Spurs blood donor swag
• Give blood for a shot at George Strait tickets
• A Practical Guide for CGT Leaders: For Advanced Therapies in China
• Spring Break blood donation urged as travel expected to impact supply
• GlobalData Feature: Extracellular Vesicles and the Future of Regenerative Medicine
• Spurs blood drives offer donors a shot at suite tickets
• Spurs ticket giveaway encourages blood donation in San Antonio
• Laredo police, fire departments plan ‘Battle of the Badges’ with South Texas Blood & Tissue
• A Love Letter to the Caregiver
• What Decentralized Apheresis Unlocks: Mapping the Frontier of Medicine
• Rally in the Valley with South Texas Blood & Tissue
• Rodeo Night Drawing: Donate Blood for a Chance to Win
• BBG Advanced Therapies Expert Featured in Technology Networks
• A Conversation with the 2026 Foundation Chairs
• Expanding our Impact in 2026
• Letter from the 2026 Blood & Tissue Center Foundation Chairs
• South Texas Blood & Tissue Celebrates 8th Anniversary of Heroes in Arms, Marks 40,000 Whole Blood Donations 
• Saddle Up and Save Lives with South Texas Blood & Tissue
• Carrying Grief in this New Year 
• A Life of Laughter, A Legacy of Giving: Honoring Antonio “Tony” Rodriguez
• South Texas Blood & Tissue and UTSA Rally for 210 Donations on 210 Day
• Imagine The Future of Patient Access in Advanced Cell & Gene Therapies
• Heroes in Arms Eighth Anniversary Celebrated During DreamWeek
• Freezing temps take a toll on South Texas blood supply
• About Cell & Gene Therapy’s Future Patient Access Ratio
• BioBridge Global Participates in MLK Day March in San Antonio
• Will Consumer‑Driven Medicine Shape Access to Advanced Cell & Gene Therapies?
• Donate Blood in San Antonio, Score Free Spurs Tickets
• Potency assays in cell therapies: A look behind the challenges
• We’ll Flex, If You Get Serious
• San Antonio Landmarks Shine Red for National Blood Donor Month

2025

• From Moonshot to Margin Call: What Medicare’s CAR-T Reimbursement Changes Mean for Hospitals
• All Doors Opening Simultaneously: How Cell and Gene Therapy Platforms Are Reshaping Medicine
• Gear up for your team and give blood
• Drafting the Future for Cell and Gene Therapy: 2025 Advanced Therapies Year in Review
• We have a Formula 1 Race Experience Winner
• FDA’s Fall Shift for CGT Innovators
• Donate with South Texas Blood & Tissue, Get Spurs Mania
• Help Fight Hunger and Save Lives: Double Your Impact with the San Antonio Food Bank and South Texas Blood & Tissue
• A Legacy of Service Continues with ‘Band of Donors’
• Valero Texas Open Trailblazers Visit BioBridge Global  
• South Texas Blood & Tissue uses ball funds to launch scholarship program 
• Foundation board gets update on retirement, cell therapy bus 
• If You’re Gonna Play in Cell Therapy, You’ve Got to….
• Every Second Counts: BioBridge Global at the Master Control 2025 Summit
• Serve up hope at Chicken N Pickle, Big Love Blood Drive
• Scaling Access: How Mobile Leukapheresis and Collaboration Are Powering the Next Era of Cell and Gene Therapy
• BBG Advanced Therapies collects first cell donation on one-of-a-kind bus
• Honoring Ron Goebel: A Legacy of Love, Laughter, and Donation
• Progress When Systems Stand Still: Resilience and Access in Cell and Gene Therapy
• BBG Advanced Therapies and CELLforCURE Partner to Provide Transatlantic Manufacturing Solutions for Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs)
• Living with Grief in the Fall holidays      
• STB&T donates equipment to blood bank in Monterrey
• Remembrance Celebration brings together dozens of families
• STB&T partner wins national award for minority blood drives
• The Donor Advantage: Why U.S. Starting Materials Are the Launchpad for Global Cell Therapy
• Get Rowdy, UTSA! Donate Blood & Save Lives
• September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
• Give a Pint for a Fright: 13th Floor
• Building Bridges: What Europe Just Taught Me About Scaling CGT Access
• Access in Advanced Therapies: How Regulatory Agility and Delivery Innovation Can Transform Patient Outcomes
• Get Rowdy! Donate Blood & Score UTSA Tickets
• Red & White Ball fundraising efforts paying off 
• Welcome Chris Callaway
• Northeast Donor Center opens in Live Oak
• CGT Wake Up Call To Rethink How Advanced Therapies Scale
• Your Blood Donation Could Earn You Cowboys Tickets
• The Blood Bank and the Future of Advanced Therapies
• How Potency Testing Can Delay Advanced Therapies
• Blood Shortage: Several factors are key to low blood supply
• Give Blood for a Movie Theatre Blockbuster Bundle
• Potency Assays: The Key to Scalable Advanced Therapies
• Individual and Collective Grief Journeys
• A Family of Giving: The Bonoans
• Closing the Access Gap in Sarcoma Treatment Through Cell Therapy
• Designing for Reality: A Lesson From Architecture – and Advanced Therapies
• Donate Blood, Help Kerr County Flood Victims 
• Win concert tickets with South Texas Blood & Tissue
• Rethinking Cleanroom Dependence in Advanced Therapies to Deliver as Personalized, Scalable, and Accessible
• Take Pride in your Blood Donation at The Bonham Exchange Blood Drive
• Donate blood for a chance to win a Getaway trip
• Big Lou’s Pizza to honor founder, donors on World Blood Donor Day
• Could Gene and Cell Therapy be Built Like the Internet?
• Double Your Impact and Help Kids Go to Summer Camp
• Breaking the Bottleneck to Clear Access to Cell and Gene Therapy
• Rey Feo Honors STB&T with Cabrito Medal
• Tatiana Castillo’s Journey from Loss to Tissue Donation Advocacy
• Scott Jones to lead BioFest Invest panel
• Kaleidoscope of Grief
• Daniel Michael: Rooting for the Donor Team
• A Fond Farewell to Mary Dial
• BBG Advanced Therapies Launches First Mobile Leukapheresis Center
• The Road Behind the First Mobile Leukapheresis Center
• Reimagining Access to Advanced Cell Therapies
• Blue and green lights take over SATX for Donate Life Month  
• Tariffs and a Changing World in Advanced Therapies
• Supply Chain Builds Resilience for Advanced Therapies 
• Donate blood at a Final Four Slam Dunk Drive, see NCAA stars in action
• Setting Your Biotech Up for Success: How Electronic Batch Records Accelerate Advanced Therapy Access
• Can a Global Patient Registry Accelerate Access to Advanced Therapies?
• Meet Marty: Our first 100-gallon female donor 
• Navigating the 2025 Biotech Funding Squeeze:
• How To Guide Patients Through Complexity: Evolving the Role of Patient Navigators in Advanced Therapies
• Meals on Wheels and South Texas Blood & Tissue team up
• How to Improve Patient Access to Advanced Therapies with Real-World Solutions
• The Advanced Therapies Innovation Gap: What’s Stalling Treatments from Reaching Patients?
• ‘Want to Get Away’ with South Texas Blood & Tissue
• A Blueprint for Breakthroughs
• Daniele Anderson’s story
• Grief: The Elephant in the Room
• Foundation board selects cause for 2025 Red & White Ball  
• George Muller: Foundation Board Member 
• Champions fore Charity – Socks it to Mondays with David Chancellor 
• Driving fore Donors 2025
• 2025 Committee Openings
• Letter from Board Co-Chairs, Meredith & David Alvarez
• Let’s go, 210! UTSA rolls up sleeves for 210 Blood Drive
• Save lives and saddle up for the rodeo
• New Southeast Donor Center opens its doors
• Velico installs FrontlineODP™ Spray System in civilian blood center
• New South Texas Blood & Tissue Opens donor center on Southside
• San Antonio Goes Red for National Blood Donor Month

2024

• Donor families remember loved ones with Giving Tree ornaments
• New BioBridge Global Subsidiary to Support Development of Cell and Gene Therapies  
• 2024 Red & White Ball: A Night of Celebration and Impact 
• Save lives and feed families with the San Antonio Food Bank
• Mural Artist: Christina Sosa Noriega
• Roll Up, Donate, and Receive with Harley-Davidson
• Café Olé your day when you donate blood
• Donate blood, win BIG with an H-E-B gift card
• Give blood at 13th Floor for a spooky cause
• Sylmarie – Her story 
• When Holidays are Hard
• Jordan Ford Mustang winner announced
• South Texans can aid victims of Hurricane Milton by donating platelets and blood
• R & D Analytical Development team finds a home
• Diverse Donations event a sweet success
• Remembrance Celebration helps families be heard
• Five millionth blood donation identified
• BioBridge Global dedicates new space for R&D Analytical Development Lab  
• Give blood, see a San Antonio Futbol Club game
• Advanced therapies:
• Digital sign unveiled at BioBridge Global
• An inspiring legacy: Rowan and Naomi
• 50 for 50 Campaign
• 2025 Committee Opportunities
• Board Member Highlight – Ginny & Art Bennert 
• Sickle cell disease and the community: A conversation
• Will yours be the 5 millionth blood donation?
• Event celebrates National Minority Donor Awareness Month
• Type O blood levels critically low in San Antonio
• BioBridge Global evolving to help build the future of healthcare
• Blood donors can win big this August:
• Blood shortages across Texas become critical
• Vacations and Grief
• Jose’s story
• Donate Life Month kicks off with flag-raising ceremony
• New Braunfels Donor Center celebrates grand reopening
• Score a stack of buttermilk pancakes when you donate blood
• Feeling the love
• BBG-developed system tests cancer treatments in a new way 
• Champions fore Charity Update:
• Donor Pavilion Gets Dressed Up for Spring –
• Board Member Highlight: Faisal and Mila Khan
• City Council launches District Challenge to save lives in SATX
• Donors can stay cool and fresh with KODI cooler
• Iconic San Antonio buildings light up for Donate Life Month
• CEO Landon promotes BioBridge Global’s capabilities at Invest SA
• Blood donors can celebrate 50 years of saving lives with Fiesta Medal
• Losing a Pet Hurts too. Here’s how to Cope.
• Expanded cell therapy lab opens at BioBridge Global
• Jay’s Story
• Whole blood-derived platelets explored in Webinar
• BioBridge Global expands cell therapy testing laboratory
• Blood donations predicted to drop dramatically during spring break
• Blood donors can help “Double Your Impact” for Meals on Wheels
• Blood donation competition sparks longtime tradition  
• Heroes In Arms celebrates emotional sixth anniversary 
• Layla’s Story
• South Texas Blood & Tissue celebrates 50 years in the community  
• Board Member Highlight: Laurie and Michael Kaplan
• 2024 Champions fore Charity
• Letter from Board Co-Chairs, Elizabeth & Scott McMillian
• Remembering a mother’s legacy: Teresa de La Cruz 
• Suggested New Year’s Resolutions for Your Grief Journey
• Critical Need for Blood Donations following the Holidays

2023

• UTSA signs agreement with GenCure for cell therapy collaboration
• Apheresis Center performs first granulocyte collection
• Get Involved – Commit 4 Compassion
• Nicole Czelusta shares blood donation story with Foundation board   
• Commit 4 Compassion challenge to help save lives
• Major Gifts Updates – October 2023
• STB&T, DreamWeek issue Commit 4 Compassion Challenge
• Big Hearts, Big City Gala a big success
• Navy Veteran Richard Riojas continues legacy as tissue donor
• BioBridge Global’s 2023 AABB Research Posters
• Bloodmobile on its way to a new life in Mexico
• Hurt and healing in the holidays
• Boo Crew saving lives this Halloween
• BBG helps state land major federal agency hub 
• South Texas Blood & Tissue, The Gonzaba Foundation,and Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center “Double Your Impact”
• BioBridge Global working in the battle with cancer on multiple fronts 
• Cord Blood Bank Alliance joins South Texas Blood & Tissue  
• Meet our Champions
• August 2023: Foundation Board Member Spotlight
• Major Gifts Update – August 2023
• BioBridge Global CEO interviewed by Capital Analytics on healthcare and innovation
• New video, report shows BBG’s improved quality and digital records system through MasterControl
• Protected: Two Children, a Burst of Gunfire and the Year That Came After
• August is National Multiethnic Donor Awareness
• South Texas Blood & Tissue Implements New FDA Guidance for Assessing Blood Donor Eligibility
• UMC Lubbock Partnering with South Texas Blood & Tissue
• South Texas Blood & Tissue joins Cord Blood Bank Alliance from Be The Match BioTherapies
• Blood donors can ‘Double Your Impact’ with Communities in Schools through Aug. 15
• From the CEO
• Story Tellers and Story Catchers
• Greg’s Story
• South Texas Blood & Tissue presents the End Less Blood Summer Sweepstakes – the summer promotion that saves lives!
• Emergency preparedness agency recognizes South Texas Blood & Tissue
• Harlandale Senior helps spread the word about a ‘selfless, simple’ way to help others
• San Antonio Business Journal recognizes two BioBridge Global healthcare heroes
• San Antonio area school superintendents donate blood in honor of Uvalde
• Jewish American Heritage Month: Recognizing a pioneer in blood science
• ‘It’s a phenomenal time to be part of San Antonio.’ BBG leadership talks healthcare innovation at Invest: San Antonio
• One year after the mass shooting in Uvalde, South Texas Blood & Tissue recognizes importance of blood before tragedies
• Impact of Foundation funding for donor rooms and equipment show positive results
• May 2023: Foundation Board Member Spotlight
• Red & White Ball Kickoff
• Champions fore Charity – 2023
• Major Gifts Update – May 2023
• ‘Moms need a lot of blood.’ South Texas Blood & Tissue manager needed blood during emergency C-section delivery
• Donate Life Month ends, but lifesaving legacies continue
• ‘Access to blood when a patient needs it matters.’ South Texas Blood & Tissue leadership advocates for blood issues
• Biomedical entrepreneurs, investors tour BioBridge Global for BioFest Invest
• San Antonio City Council participates in SA Challenge blood drives to support patients, encourage community
• South Texas Blood & Tissue’s Medical Director presents on blood shortages and utilization
• Blood donors to receive special, Fiesta rewards for April donation
• BioBridge Global gives tour to Blood Centers of America
• BioBridge Global hosts regenerative medicine conference
• South Texas Blood & Tissue expands presence in Victoria to improve donor experience and access, support region’s growing demand for blood
• David’s Story
• Life Legacies
• The need for blood donations never takes a spring break
• February 2023: Foundation Board Member Spotlight
• South Texans attend major tissue donor family event 
• <strong>Champions fore Charity</strong> 
• Major Gifts Update – February 2023
• Letter from Board Chair Jeanne Bennett   
• First responders reunited with Uvalde survivor
• Cooperation makes lifesaving whole blood program possible
• First female donors join Heroes in Arms program
• Uvalde shooting survivor meets blood donors who saved her life
• FDA removes blood donor deferrals for time spent in Europe
• Rebecca Goodwin’s Story
• Vinton Smith on quest to donate blood and platelets in all 50 states
• Grief in a New Year
• National Blood Donor Month celebrates saving lives

2022

• San Antonio donor honored at Rose Parade
• Blood and platelet donors urgently needed to support patients in community
• Season of Giving thanks donors for saving lives
• <strong>The Giving Tree Celebrates Lifesaving Donor Heroes </strong>
• Audra Taylor joins as Executive Director for Blood Operations at South Texas Blood & Tissue
• Board hears about fruits of their labors
• November 2022 Board Member Profile
• Double Your Impact Campaign 
• Major gifts update – November 2022
• South Texas Blood & Tissue, San Antonio Food Bank want you to ‘Double Your Impact’ 
• Advanced Therapy New Focus for BioBridge Global
• Red & White Ball: Gala a success, thanks to your support and generosity
• Blood donors can provide double the impact of giving this holiday season
• William’s treatment has been delayed as blood, platelet demand outpaces donations
• Extraordinary demand for blood leads to critical shortages in South Texas
• Scott Jones named Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer at BioBridge Global
• REPROCELL and BioBridge Global sign Memorandum of Understanding to accelerate global manufacturing services using clinical iPSCs
• No trick, only treat to save lives this Halloween
• Blood donations gave teen Luke more time in his battle with leukemia 
• Grief in the Holidays 
• Muertos Fest 
• Educator Extends Community Impact
• South Texas Blood & Tissue provides blood to help Florida blood centers
• Sickle Cell Awareness Month highlights need for diversity of blood donors
• Amazon Smile
• Major gifts update – September 2022
• Foundation, board member celebrate 20th anniversaries
• Labor Day Weekend Success 
• Big Give SA 
• September 2022 Foundation Board Member Spotlight
• Red & White Ball Update – September 2022
• South Texas Blood & Tissue Marks One-Year Anniversary of Blood Emergency Readiness Corps
• South Texas blood donors can take part in world record for blood donations
• How birth tissue donations can help people like Ruben
• San Antonio City Council sponsors summer blood drives as need for blood outpaces donations
• South Texans can participate in massive, national health program to change the future of healthcare
• Cancer Patients Need Blood Transfusions, Why?
• Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies and GenCure collaborate to advance cell and gene therapy manufacturing solutions
• August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month
• Individual and Collective Grief 
• He shared his life with others 
• BioBridge Global announces appointment of John Youngdahl as Chief Financial Officer
• South Texas Blood & Tissue opens second new donor center in 2022 to meet growing need 
• South Texas Blood & Tissue to give ‘United for Uvalde’ T-shirts to donors
• Mayor Ron Nirenberg encourages blood donation during critical summer season 
• Blood donors make a world of difference on World Sickle Cell Day 
• World Blood Donor Day celebrates blood donors with free car wash 
• Blood donors turn out by the hundreds to support Uvalde
• Victims of Uvalde Shooting Recieve Support from South Texas Blood & Tissue
• Roberto Esquivel, Art with a message
• South Texas Blood & Tissue joins large-scale ‘All of Us’ program 
• Major gifts update – May 2022
• Blood Drive Support
• Pictorial Directory
• May 2022 Foundation Board Member Spotlight
• Red & White Ball Update – May 2022
• Champions fore Charity Results
• Orange Juice your way to a successful blood donation 
• The Most Rare Blood Type is also Golden 
• Type O Blood Donors Needed Immediately
• What’s the rarest blood type?
• Adrienne Mendoza: Taking on challenges
• BioBridge Global bids farewell to Elizabeth Waltman
• South Texas Blood & Tissue Apheresis Center achieves FACT accreditation 
• National Donate Life Month
• His last act of service saved lives
• Fiesta and spring break cause blood donations, drives in area to drop dramatically  
• Diagnosed with leukemia at 6 years old, nurses called Edui their “happiest patient”
• South Texas Blood & Tissue partners with Medline to host blood drive in Laredo
• Waltman receives THOR sword at retirement event 
• Blood donation vs. plasma donation
• Phenomenal people have kept Villarreal in one place for over 40 years
• Your blood donation can help up to three patients
• Tax Credit for Blood Donors Considered in California
• Melissa Delbosque: A resolve to save lives
• So many need blood; so few donating
• SA District Challenge champion announced
• Boerne, TX opens South Texas Blood and Tissue Center
• Red & White Ball
• Pictorial Directory – 2022
• 2022 Champions fore Charity
• February 2022 Foundation Board Member Spotlight
• Letter from the Chair – Allison De Paoli
• Stem Cell Transplant Waiting Game
• Prehospital blood transfusion saves Scott
• The five D’s that keep the U.S. blood supply safe
• Timeline post-blood-donation 
• Bexar County, San Antonio declare blood shortage emergency 
• National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day
• Jose Casasola: Helping others is always important
• 5 things that take longer than a donation 
• Latest COVID-19 surge leads to multiple blood drive cancellations, potential loss of donations
• Blood donor tattoo rocks ‘Texas Harry’

2021

• Can’t donate? Using Amazon Smile can help you still make a difference
• South Texas Blood & Tissue declares blood emergency
• Top 10 South Texas foods to eat to boost your iron
• Advanced therapies eyeing a steep upward curve
• How iron affects your blood donation
• BioBridge Global continues history of innovation with umbilical cord collection and processing under cGMP standards for further manufacture
• 2021 Red & White Ball helps raise funds for new blood donor centers
• Being a parent to a child with cancer
• Community Labs’ rapid growth helps schools return to normal 
• Red and White Ball Update: Preregister
• November 2021 Foundation Board Member Spotlight
• Rise in auto accidents and other traumas strains South Texas blood supply
• Grief Rituals: Honoring Memories
• A giver to the very end
• Platelets and Blood Shortage, Surgeries Risk Being Postponed
• Postpartum Hemorrhage- Ashley’s Story
• Stem Cell Donor featured on ABC stations
• Foundation webinar shows journey of blood donation from donor to patient
• Flex While Donating
• Community Labs testing at Laredo ISD middle school
• Helipad Opens for Emergency Blood Needs
• Leukemia Journey: Mia
• East Side Community Embraces GenCure
• Community Labs expanding capabilities to 50,000 COVID-19 tests a day 
• South Texas Blood & Tissue Center joins national emergency blood reserve
• Ewing Sarcoma Survivor Wins Gold
• San Antonio City Council announces ‘SA District Challenge’ blood drive winner
• Video: Your guide to a better blood donation
• South Texas Blood & Tissue outlines future of organization for Foundation board
• Phlebotomist wins Collections Team Member national award
• August 2021 Foundation Board Member Spotlight
• Red & White Ball update – August 2021
• Letter From Chairs Claire and Patrick Rouse
• Blood donations help leukemia patients like Greg
• San Antonio City Council sponsors summer blood drives as need for blood continues to outpace donations
• Phlebotomists do their part in the fight with COVID-19
• Ultimate act of selflessness
• The Spiraling Process of Grief
• When an infant needs a blood transfusion
• Why You Matter: The Need for Platelets
• Why You Matter: The Need for Type O Blood
• Thanks for the help, Gordon Hartman/Morgan’s Wonderland
• Thanks for the help, Northside Independent School District
• BioBridge Global, Vitrafy Life Sciences join forces to advance new cryopreservation technology
• Thanks for the help, Jordan Ford
• Thanks for the help, Sinclair Broadcast Group San Antonio
• Research & Development: Many paths, two guiding principles
• Myths and facts about giving blood ‘one more time’
• Laura
• Multiple factors put South Texas blood supply at risk, doctors say
• Lillian is healthy again, thanks to donation of a new heart valve
• Testing strategies and custom assay development for cell and cell-based therapies
• Surge in highway travel over Memorial Day weekend raises concern over low blood supply
• Donating blood? Drink plenty of water
• Red & White Ball Kickoff
• 2019 Red & White Ball bus reveal
• Ruiz’s ‘miracle story’ inspires him to advocate for blood donations
• Why we ask what we ask on the blood donor questionnaire
• ‘It still found my son’: Survived cancer, beat COVID-19, giving back plasma
• The importance of client-lab collaboration
• Manny Ruiz
• Foundation webinar panelists talk about organization providing medical advances and therapies during pandemic
• Her life gave hope to people waiting for a transplant
• Tissue team tops nation in femoral vein recovery
• Alamo Quarry Market shines for Donate Life Month
• Kimberly Monroe: Called to action, educate with compassion
• Developing Risk-Based Testing Strategies for Advanced Therapies
• Additional 200 blood donors a day sought to meet growing needs of South Texas patients
• Kaleidoscope of Grief
• National Donate Life Month
• Teen blood donors more likely to join organ registry, study shows
• South Texas Blood & Tissue Center donor rooms to remain open through holiday weekend to meet urgent need for blood
• Amy
• Community leaders collaborate to change the odds for patients in need
• San Antonio’s 120-gallon-plus blood donors encourage others to give
• Olsen Family bloodmobile joins fleet
• Q and A: Getting the vaccine doesn’t prevent you from giving blood
• Soaring demand for blood, falling collections put South Texas patients at risk
• Thank you, South Texas
• South Texas blood donations increasing, but large deficit remains
• South Texas Blood & Tissue Center extending hours to make up nearly 3,000-donation deficit
• Metro Health declares blood emergency
• Severe weather closes blood donor rooms, forces cancellation of drives
• COVID study in UK shows high levels of antibodies up to six months after infection
• Get ready for the deep freeze in South Texas: Give blood
• Journal examines successful launch, expansion of whole-blood transfusion program in South Texas
• Blood & Tissue Center Foundation’s 2021 Red & White Ball to help raise funds for a new donor room at the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center
• Charles Drew: Blood banking pioneer
• Kelly
• Note from Foundation Chairs Claire & Patrick Rouse
• COVID-19 becomes a personal fight for councilmember Rocha Garcia
• Join the organ and tissue donor registry, earn a ‘hero’s heart’
• Our support for the community during COVID-19
• David and Cindy Schneider
• 2021 Champions fore Charity
• Local patients at risk due to severe blood shortages
• Health benefits of giving blood
• 2021 ‘SA District Challenge’ blood drive champion announced
• Yvonne: A different path
• Secondary Losses: The aftershocks of losing a loved one
• Joe Villanueva Jr.
• San Antonio Twins Give Blood Together
• What happens to my blood donation?
• San Antonio City Council sponsors 2021 ‘SA District Challenge’ blood drives
• Legacy Garden provides a place for memorials
• Amy’s Ice Creams helps out South Texas Blood & Tissue Center
• QualTex COO Interviewed by Phacilitate on Testing and Assay Strategies
• QualTex Laboratories adds Ortho Diagnostics VITROS® Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG assay
• QualTex Launches Cellular Therapy Testing Services
• GenCure joins with Sentien Biotechnologies, RoosterBio on $2.4 million contract
• Dez
• Noah Adams
• “Laboratory in a box”: Community Labs rapidly ramps up COVID-19 testing

2020

• Rudolph Lizcano Jr.: Giving to honor others
• COVID-19 vaccination will not delay blood donations
• Mayor challenges community to save lives with a blood donation
• Who needs blood transfusions?
• Ron White: 125 gallon blood donor
• Kami & Kyra
• Join Joe Posada for first-ever Couch Potato Ball
• Blood centers across nation report critical shortages
• Beat the flu and help patients, too: Get a flu shot
• Study shows broad impact of healthcare, biosciences industry in San Antonio
• Healing During the Holidays
• David McCoy
• Blood centers: U.S. facing critical shortage
• Ongoing blood shortage takes toll on most at-risk patients
• Quick Community Labs launch possible only through local cooperation
• City of San Antonio expands COVID-19 testing to asymptomatic individuals at City’s no cost test sites
• How can I find out my blood type?
• Drastic decline in marrow donor registrations leave blood cancer patients searching for matches
• Scientists struggle to develop artificial blood
• Pioneering San Antonio COVID-19 Lab to Test Thousands of People Per Day to Create COVID-19 Safety Zones
• Tattoos and piercings don’t disqualify donors
• Blood supply drops to half
• About the artist: Jesse Amado
• What medications can I take if I want to give blood?
• FDA changes status of convalescent plasma program
• ‘Old’ science leads in fight against COVID-19
• ‘Voices of Hope’ webinar educates community about COVID-19 convalescent plasma
• William Berlin: Living on in others through gifts of life
• The Collective Grief of COVID-19
• Setting a goal: Make 24 donations in a year
• Grief Support Welcome
• Local leukemia patient inspires community to join marrow registry
• Community partners unite to promote plasma donations at South Texas Blood & Tissue Center
• Blood donors with low pulse rates report fewer negative reactions
• San Antonio doctor encourages recovered COVID-19 patients to donate plasma
• The Big Give
• Voices of Hope Series
• Holli and Greg Brunsman
• About the artist: F.L. ‘Doc’ Spellmon
• Independent U.S. blood centers lead way in convalescent plasma donations
• Doctor treating COVID-19 patients encourages convalescent plasma donors
• How does blood regenerate?
• Why do you charge hospitals for blood I give for free?
• STBTC testing for body’s reaction to COVID-19
• GenCure Biomanufacturing Facility is now operational
• GenCure Biomanufacturing Facility on Track to be Fully Operational in First Quarter of 2020
• BioBridge Global Adds Two Industry Leaders to Regenerative Medicine Advisory Board
• GenCure Announces Breakthrough First Run of 80-liter Bioreactor