Jabs and germs; pumps and pipes; scabs and strokes; red or dead – all in the day in the life of a blood cell.
Dr TA Newman, CES, IfLS, and her team showcase 'a day in the life of a blood cell' at the forthcoming Science and Enginnering Day.
How does your body fight infection? Why do vaccines work? Where do the protective army of white blood cells come from and what do they do?
Your heart is a very powerful pump, it beats about 100,000 times a day and pumps around 1.5 million barrels of blood in a lifetime through specialised pipes, blood vessels, which together with the heart make up the circulatory system.
What makes the heart and blood vessels so effective? How much blood do we have and what happens if we lose too much? Why is clotting important and how does it work? Can people be treated when it goes wrong?
There are 5 million red blood cells in a drop of blood. How does the chemistry in these tiny cells keep us alive? How does oxygen from the air we inhale get picked up and dropped off as these cells move around our circulation?
Find out the answers at Science and Engineering Day on Saturday 22 March. Bring the whole family.
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