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00:00 Podcast Intro 

01:00 What exactly do you mean when you say, diversity in blood supply, and why does that matter?

02:15 Are you saying that there might be differences in blood among different ethnic groups? 

02:50 If we only issued O- blood to everyone, would we still need diversity in blood supply?

04:25 You mentioned a hemolytic reaction, so if I have a friend or family member going in for a surgery, do I need to call up the blood bank and talking to them and demanding something? Or what should I be looking for to make sure they won’t have one of those reactions?

07:51 Some of the patients that are going to be receiving multiple blood products throughout their lifetime, might be the people that matching is more important for? What types of characteristics do these patients have? 

11:11 What happens if one of the patients that needs a special unit of blood comes in from a bad car accidents and we don’t have that blood on the shelf? 

14:00 Is there some sort of barrier that needs to be overcome to help encourage more donations from diverse communities? 

16:28 Red blood cells seem pretty simple, shouldn’t you be able to manufacture a red blood cell and then the diversity in blood supply wouldn’t be a problem because you can put whatever antigens on them that you wanted, couldn’t you?

20:14 Are there other areas in regards to the diversity of blood supply that will be important to keep in the forefront for the near future?

22:40 Are there any specific key takeaways you want people to take away from this topic?

25:25 Outro