I Donated Blood Today

[Lonzy]

your on the right track, we collect the sera aka plasma from rats, rabbits and mice for our immunological experiments at work, the easiest way to do this is taking whole blood and spinning it out. ... We then get to screen it to see how its building its immunity, once it has the right ammount we harvest its spleen and then we fuse it with other cells and create a hybridoma, which then produces an specific antibody which is used to do a large number of things, depending on the antibody! we have some that attack cane toad cells making them toxic to them selve which is good! its also a good way trying to make vaccines for TB and stuff! One day we will have made one for cancer! but until that day we will keep trying! but I'm just rambling now!!!

[Burgs]

What's the phrase I'm looking for??? oh right, HTFU...

I was thinking more Shut The Fuck Up, as his whining is making the idea less attractive to others and was being really counter productive to the meaning of the thread, but a bit late for that now

[Darren]

So what are you trying to say about my memory, Laura? It was platelets (although they may have got some other goodies out with them). It was done in a hospital at the time. If I recall, extracting platelets was 3 times more effective (or yielded 3 times as much) as donating blood and subsequently extracting the platelets from the donated blood. Donations could also be done more often.

5 seconds on Google shows that the Perth Red Cross also does platelet collection.

I'm no doctor though so feel free to correct me.

Consider your self corrected

[Thequeerone]

There was a bit on the news the other night about creating blood from Stem Cellsharvested from Umbilical cords - obviously highly experimental at the moment and probably more than a decade away but incredible to think.

When I were a lass in Ireland we used get a pint for a pint - the nurses were the best ever at drawing down a pint of the creamy stuff. A gang would donate - have our pint and then head back to the pub for Happy Hour - it was actually a lot of fun.

[Darren]

When I were a lass in Ireland we used get a pint for a pint - the nurses were the best ever at drawing down a pint of the creamy stuff. A gang would donate - have our pint and then head back to the pub for Happy Hour - it was actually a lot of fun.

Now there's initiative! Would you get drunk a bit quicker with less blood in your alcohol system?

[Thequeerone]

That was the theory but the Guinness was full of iron and hops so you didn't really - it was just a genuine good mess on taking the mick out of each other (your' re skins so white the veins are dead obvious - bet the nurse will throw the needle at your arm ) or the lads would be wishful about a particular nurse being on duty - then there was the march down to Pelican House about 1 mile - and a bit of a pub crawl back - just a fun outing

[The InnFORCEr]

I have too much blood in my alcohol system already...
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[shasta]

Now there's initiative! Would you get drunk a bit quicker with less blood in your alcohol system?

Dunno. But I'd wager there's a few selfless souls around here ready to volunteer for human trials.

[Swee_82]

Dont worry Jono- once you've got your tattoo, you'll be ineligable for 12 months anyway. A hypocrite, but ineligable.

TQ1- that's brilliant- little more interesting than a bikkie. Wonder if that'd constitute 'payment' under WHO rules on donating

[jargan83]

i'll freely admit that i could do that swee.
i want to donate blood! its frustrating that i cant

And yet your willing to sit through the process to get a tattoo? Do you think a tattoo will be licked on by kittens?

Donating Blood = One Needle

Tattoo = Lots of Needles


Getting back towards the topic, do they have a beef with blood of people who have suffered a stroke?

[Swee_82]

Getting back towards the topic, do they have a beef with blood of people who have suffered a stroke?

Reading the FAQ on the Red Cross site, I can't see any mention of it (and it's a pretty exhaustive list of eligability criteria), but I'm sure you could easily find out.

[tdevil]

There was a bit on the news the other night about creating blood from Stem Cellsharvested from Umbilical cords - obviously highly experimental at the moment and probably more than a decade away but incredible to think.

Not that far away, they are doing it for the last 5 years in other Countries. After we moved to Aus we had another baby and we wanted to donate the umbilical cord for stem cell harvesting, but were told you can't do it in WA, but they do have the facility in Sydney, so we've decided to cut the Umbilical cord only after about 5min, that way the baby gets all the stem cells and better imune system.

[jargan83]

Reading the FAQ on the Red Cross site, I can't see any mention of it (and it's a pretty exhaustive list of eligability criteria), but I'm sure you could easily find out.

Hmmm I just had a look, they don't allow it from Heart Attack victims, I'm not to hopeful regarding people who have had a blood clot in their brains