Angelo D’Alessandro, PhD, University of Colorado, Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, reported that studies funded through a 2016 National Blood Foundation Scientific Research Grant have been published in 10 peer-reviewed journals, with additional publication likely. D’Alessandro’s research, in collaboration with Yang Xia, MD, PhD, University of Texas, Houston, focuses on the role of purinergic signaling in mediating RBC metabolism in vivo and during storage under blood bank con