Blood banking includes donor recruitment and screening, blood collection, processing and component separation, testing for infectious diseases and blood typing, storage, inventory management, distribution, and emergency response.
Immunohematology involves understanding blood antigens, antibodies, and their interactions, especially in the context of blood transfusions and compatibility.
Blood transfusion is a medical procedure in which blood or blood components are transferred from one person (the donor) to another person (the recipient).
During prophase, the chromatin becomes tightly coiled, the nucleolus and nuclear envelope disintegrate, centrioles move to opposite poles of the cell, and the cell synthesizes RNA and protein in preparation for cell division.
The cell synthesizes RNA and protein in preparation for cell division during the period of cell growth and synthesis of components necessary for replication.
During the period of cell growth and synthesis of components necessary for replication, the nucleolus becomes visible and the chromosomes are extended and active metabolically.
Egyptians and Romans took blood baths for physical and spiritual restoration, and Romans even drank the blood of fallen gladiators in the belief that the blood could transmit the gladiator's vitality.
Richard Lower successfully transfused blood from one dog to another in 1666, leading Samuel Pepys to speculate on the potential benefits of human transfusion.
The first published animal-to-human transfusion was performed June 15, 1667, by Jean Baptiste Denis, a physician to Louis XIV, on a 16-year-old boy who had been "tormented with a contumacious and violent fever.""
Denis subsequently performed such transfusions on three more patients, the last of which resulted in the first ;6malpractice suit for blood transfusion.