This video explains how the heart, blood, and blood vessels work together to circulate oxygen, nutrients, and other vital ...

When blood is donated, it is rarely used as whole blood. Instead, blood banks separate it into different components so that ...

Blood plasma is a light yellow liquid that makes up about half of a person’s blood. Blood plasma is vital for fighting infection, maintaining correct blood pH levels, helping blood to clot, and ...

Red blood cells are important mediators of the innate immune system. Depending on the cellular environment, these cells either activate the immune system or maintain the system in a dormant state. In ...

A key diagnostic step in disease detection is analyzing blood components. Accurate separation of blood cells from plasma, which holds proteins and other constituents, is crucial in many assays. First ...

Jason Sperry, M.D., M.P.H., chief of trauma surgery at UPMC and Andrew B. Peitzman Professor of Surgery in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Giving whole blood or the component parts of ...

Blood separation is the dividing of whole blood into its various components. Whole blood is often isolated for therapeutic and diagnostic reasons, including research. For this to be achieved, ...

Blood transfusion before arrival at a hospital reduces mortality from traumatic hemorrhage and shock. Whether transfusion with whole blood is more beneficial than transfusion with blood components is ...

Red blood cell disorders are conditions that affect the number or function of red blood cells (RBCs). RBCs are one of the main components of blood. They are among the most abundant cell types. The ...