On average, an adult has about 1.2 to 1.5 gallons – or 10 units – of blood in their body, according to the American Red Cross. This accounts for approximately 10% of a person's weight. Now that's a ...

More than half of your blood is comprised of plasma. Donating plasma is a longer process than donating blood. Human plasma is used to produce therapies that treat disease. You’ve heard that you can ...

When Kelsey, a local news journalist in the Midwest, was asked to be a bridesmaid at a friend’s wedding, she had trouble paying for the dress, travel and all the other expenses for the occasion. So ...

This method has increased in popularity, overtaking traditional surface cleaning methods due to its capacity to be seamlessly integrated into existing in-line processes without adding time or extra ...

Takeda’s (NYSE: TAK) (TSE:4502) plasma-derived therapies (PDT) business, led by Giles Platford, president of Takeda’s Plasma-Derived Therapies Business Unit and chair of the Plasma Protein ...

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They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart,” he told the The ...

Blood – everyone's got it. In fact, an adult who weighs between 150 and 180 pounds has around 1.2 to 1.5 gallons of blood in their body. This makes up approximately 10% of an adult’s weight. Blood ...