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Latest Research - Holland Laboratory
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The American Red Cross national research program was established in 1961 and expanded in 1987 with the creation of the Jerome H. Holland Laboratory for the Biomedical Sciences, Rockville, Md. The program has a proud history of significant contributions to biomedical science, blood safety, plasma-derived therapeutics and transfusion technology.

The Holland Laboratory
Jerome Holland Research Lab, American Red Cross Biomedical Services
Today, Holland Laboratory is one of the world's foremost blood research facilities and the heart of our research and development program. Its work is supplemented by about a dozen Red Cross Blood Services regions conducting their own local research and development. Most of this local research is undertaken in collaboration with the Holland Laboratory.

More than 250 scientists work in Holland Lab's eight departments, which include Biochemistry, Experimental Pathology, Hematopoiesis, Immunology, Plasma Derivatives, Product Development, Transmissible Diseases, and Vascular Biology.

Research topics include:

  • safety and efficacy of blood services in the U.S.
  • new methods of eliminating residual infectious agents from tested donor blood
  • novel applications for Red Cross blood products
  • better ways to produce needed therapeutic plasma products
  • new biomedical products for worldwide distribution
  • molecular biology of blood, immunology and circulation

    The work of many Holland Laboratory researchers is funded by grants from:

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Department of Defense
  • American Heart Association
  • Other foundations and corporations

    The Holland Laboratory also has collaborative efforts with several biotechnology companies and research hospitals in order to translate Red Cross intellectual property into the production of lifesaving products.


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