In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Justin Juskewitch, associate medical director of the Blood Donor Center at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, breaks down the different types ofblooddonations and how they help patients in need. Blood contains several components—red cells,plateletsandplasma—that...
aWe first came across a blood donation bus,a long line of volunteer waiting their turn to donate.Each of there donations would help make a big different for those in need.Touched,we took picture.Then,across the street,we noticed someone helping a blind man down the stairs.On the bus ride...
The virome composition of blood units deferred due to symptomatic disease of the donors reported after blood donation may reveal novel or unsuspected viral agents which may have impact in the area of hemotherapy. The objective of this study was to compare the virome of blood donations obtained ...
I experienced something similar once before. Months of going through motions I have no recollection of. Years of grieving the death of a dream. Grieving so hard I nearly lost myself in the ocean of silent sorrow. I came around, but the grief haunted relentlessly if I was still or quiet ...
Twenty donor animals were first given an overdose of pentobarbital (500 mg/kg intraperitoneally) and then killed by intracardiac blood sampling. This was followed by the removal of both the tibiae and femora. The bones were stored in a penicillin/streptomycin solution until further processing. For...