Blood : a very short introduction

By:

Cooper, Chris

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford New York, Oxford University Press 2016Edition: 1stDescription: 147p; paperbackISBN:

9780199581450

Subject(s):

Very short introductions ; v486

DDC classification:

G 612.1 COOP

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PHYSIOLOGY. Blood is vital to most animals. In mammals it transports oxygen and food, carries away waste, and contains the white cells that attack invading microbes. Playing a central role in life, it has had profound cultural and historical significance and plays an important role in religious ritual. Blood was one of the four humours in early Western medicine and is still probably the major diagnostic tool in the doctor's armoury. In this Very Short Introduction, Chris Cooper analyses the components of blood, explains blood groups, and looks at transfusions, blood tests, and blood-borne diseases. He considers what the future may hold, including the possibility of making artificial blood, and producing blood from stem cells in the laboratory.

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