Feel great knowing that your donation could lead to a breakthrough discovery or help a patient enjoy a better quality of life. Compensation levels are different based on the type of collection performed or special recruitment requests from researchers. When your donation is complete, you’ll be compensated for your time and efforts.
Please call our donor centre for specific details.
It's important for donors to understand the difference between donating blood for transfusion into patients versus use in scientific studies. Blood collections at CTLS support research and are necessary for the advancement of medicine.
Need more reasons to donate blood? Here are five health benefits you may not have known about.
It may not be a familiar term but chances are you've encountered one at a visit to your doctor or an emergency room.
Point-of-care (PoC) testing enables more rapid analysis of patient specimens outside of a lab, near or at the site of patient care. Generally, the "test" is performed by clinical staff without laboratory training and speeds the decision making for diagnosis, treatment choice and monitoring, and prognosis. A PoC test is often a necessary tool for patient self-monitoring, as in the case for insulin dependent diabetics.
Learn how our valued donors contribute to research and development of new PoC testing and the ways donors participate.
All women are at risk for cervical cancer, described as a malignant tumor of the cervix at the lowermost part of the uterus. Historically, treatments have been limited to surgery, radiation and chemotherapy but today, thanks in part to #bloodforresearch, scientist have developed vaccines and immunotherapies that target cervical tumors and improve outcomes.
It's no easy task to bring a vaccine to the public but scientists have been working tirelessly to do just that. Vaccine developers announced positive news regarding COVID-19 vaccine efficacy tests.
A diagnosis of blood cancer, leukemia or lymphoma, was effectively a death sentence 50 years ago. Read about the developments in both diagnosis and treatment options that are changing this.
Want to understand what CAR-T, immuno-oncology and immunotherapy mean to cancer patients? Read this blog by Scientific American for information about the new therapy that has had unprecedented success in blood cancers (leukemia and lymphomas) as well as other tumor types.
This story from Nautilus explores the development of immunotherapy as a powerful cancer treatment.
This article explores how scientists are redirecting the body's immune regulatory system in response to autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis and more.
Donors provided their testimony voluntarily and they were not paid to provide a review of CTLS. Donors are compensated for their donations, not their testimonials.
I first donated blood at CTLS in 2014 and since then I have been giving blood regularly, every three months. The staff at CTLS are always very kind and friendly, I have never had even the smallest bruise on my arm and I was never in pain after donation. It is great to have a chat with a staff member while I am drinking my coffee in the lounge after blood donation. I moved in 2016, however, I still go back to London to donate blood regularly, as I really like the service and the team. I always have nice memories of the days of blood donation, as I combine it with a sightseeing trip in London.
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- Andrew B. |
I have been going to CTLS since 2018 and I find It is a great way to support the fight against incurable diseases. I encourage everybody to give blood as the staff at CTLS are extremely kind and helpful.
| - Timea K. |
Clinical Trials Laboratory Services (CTLS) supplies the scientific community with human biologicals collected at our own IRB-approved donor centre in compliance with HTA UK regulations. Products include blood and sera, as well as white blood cells, red blood cells and various other human samples.
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