http://www.forevergeek.com/2008/06/freeze-dried-blood/ Nerds are for Dorks Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:14:48 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.forevergeek.com/2008/06/freeze-dried-blood/comment-page-1/#comment-40353 Freeze Dried Blood Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:23:32 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/science/freeze-dried-blood.php#comment-40353 [...] tdaxp wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Unfortunately, there’s no picture for this one, but this could well be one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs in a long time.  If you’ve ever suffered a cut, there are a number of events that occur to promote the wound healing – most notably the coagulation cascade.  This, put in its simplest, traps small platelets in the blood, which in turn go on to form a clot. These platelets then also release growth factors, instructing a new layer of skin to regrow at the site of the injury in order [...] [...] tdaxp wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Unfortunately, there’s no picture for this one, but this could well be one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs in a long time.  If you’ve ever suffered a cut, there are a number of events that occur to promote the wound healing – most notably the coagulation cascade.  This, put in its simplest, traps small platelets in the blood, which in turn go on to form a clot. These platelets then also release growth factors, instructing a new layer of skin to regrow at the site of the injury in order [...]

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