Aims and Scopes Blood Transfusion is a bimonthly Journal founded in 1956 by the Italian Society of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology (Società Italiana di Medicina Trasfusionale e Immunoematologia, SIMTI). It is the official journal of SIMTI, Italian Association of Haemophilia Centres (Associazione Italiana dei Centri Emofilia, AICE), Croatian Society of Transfusion Medicine (Hrvatsko Društvo za Transfuzijsku Medicinu, HDTM), Spanish Society of Blood Transfusion and Cellular Therapy (Sociedad Española de Transfusión Sanguinea y Terapia Celular, SETS), and Italian Society for the Study of Haemostasis and Thrombosis (Società Italiana Studio per lo Studio dell'Emostasi e della Trombosi, SISET). The journal also has two Affiliated Societies: Portuguese Association of Immuno-Haemotherapy (Associação Portuguesa de Imuno-Hemoterapia, APIH), and Hellenic Society of Blood Transfusion (HSBT). It publishes Editorials, Reviews, State-of-the-Art Reports, Original Articles, Case Reports, Letters to the Editor, Book Reviews, Forums and Debates on all topics related to Transfusion Medicine, e.g.: transfusion clinical practice, immunohaematology, blood component collection and production, transfusion-transmissible diseases, immunogenetics, histocompatibility, transplantation, haemostasis, medical-legal correlations, biotechnology and connected molecular biology.