Blood Flashcards
1
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Blood Serum
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The liquid component of blood that is collected after blood has been allowed to clot
2
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Blood plasma
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The liquid component of blood that was not allowed to clot.
3
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American Biologists Nancy Kohler and Allan Lipton
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From their experiments concluded that growth-promoting factor is a protein that is released by platelets on clot formation (in serum).
Today:
Helped scientists characterize the growth factor we know today called platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)
