Courtney Jones

@cjoneslab.bsky.social

Assistant Professor at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. We study leukemia stem cell metabolism. All views are my own.

Blood donors, like 67% of adult Americans, drink a lot of coffee. However, caffeine may reduce quality of stored RBCs by (i) inhibiting G6PD (~40%); (ii) antagonizing ADORA2b. Likely relevant beyond blood transfusion! Paper: haematologica.org/haematologic... news.cuanschutz.edu/news-stories...

Study Reveals Caffeine May Undermine Blood Transfusion Effectiveness

Study Reveals Caffeine May Undermine Blood Transfusion Effectiveness

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