Blood: A Very Short Introduction (Record no. 51781)

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International Standard Book Number 9780199581450
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Classification number 612.11 COO
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Personal name Cooper, Chris
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Title Blood: A Very Short Introduction
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc Oxford University Press
Place of publication, distribution, etc Oxford
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2016
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Extent 147
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Summary, etc 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 laborator
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element biology
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element blood
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element medicine
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