A fluid which delivers substances to various cells within an organism's body. The most common fucntion are the delivery of nutrients and the transportation of waste products. Composition varies widely across species.
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Do we need to fast before thyroid testing?
As the title suggest is it necessary to fast before thyroid test. Last week I have given thyroid test in my office. They conducted T3,T4 and TSH testing and my result came as thyronormalcy. I didnt fast before giving this test. My friend planned to…
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Does Charles Shaw wine contain animal blood & feces?
A post by Chris Knox on Quora was quoted on Gothamist, talking about Charles Shaw wine (aka "Two Buck Chuck"), says:
"And it not only grabs ripe grapes, but unripe and down right rotten ones as well and throws them all together. Add to that leaves,…
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Can blood transfusions lead to neurologic rejuvenation?
“We know [neurologic] rejuvenation exists. Now we have to figure out the bare
minimum of therapeutics or genetic tinkering necessary for it to be
safely translated into a human.”
In the article Blood Work: Scientists Uncover Surprising New…
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Does Lemmy Kilmister from Motörhead have toxic blood?
The book White Line Fever: Lemmy - The Autobiography is an autobiography of "Lemmy" Kilmister, the lead singer/Bassist of Motörhead.
It claims:
in 1980 his blood was officially diagnosed as toxic to other human beings.
This claim is repeated in…
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Does the heart pump blood through arteries?
The conventional model of the circulatory system assumes the heart pumps blood out of the ventricles through a series of progressively branching arteries of decreasing diameter transitioning to innumerable microscopic capillaries which then…
