transfuse

Example Sentences

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The blood of Olympic athletes is not about to be transfused into the arms of sofa spuds—at least not yet.

From Scientific American

When the researchers transfused red blood cells into the animals, macrophages in their spleens gobbled cells that had been exposed to CpG-laden DNA, but ate fewer red blood cells that hadn’t encountered the DNA.

From Science Magazine

It was hoped transfusing seriously-ill patients with the plasma could give struggling immune systems a helping hand.

From BBC

Blood-forming stem cells from her bone marrow were collected and treated outside her body to alter a gene involved in haemoglobin production, before being transfused back.

From The Guardian

Further complicating the matter were the limitations of platelets found in donated blood, which degrade after 48 hours — long before it was often transfused.

From Washington Post