• Question: Do u take samples of blood

    Asked by anon-294677 to Emma on 18 May 2021.
    • Photo: Emma Yhnell

      Emma Yhnell answered on 18 May 2021: last edited 18 May 2021 1:53 pm

      Hi Aime – this isn’t something that I have done personally but my colleagues who are clinical trained to. Blood has tell us all sorts of important things about the health or a person and we can even use it to work out if someone has markers for a particular disease. Hope that helps 🙂

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  • Photo: Dhruti

    Dhruti commented on :

    Hi Aime. Yes, my project involves taking patient blood. I look at how the immune cells in the blood of
    cancer patients behaves and why their immune cells can’t destroy cancer as well as a healthy person’s immune cells

  • Photo: Jamil

    Jamil commented on :

    Hi Aime. I also take patient blood. I assess why patients with lung disorders struggle to control infections and this uses immune cells present in the blood.

  • Photo: Alison

    Alison commented on :

    We take blood samples routinely from patients to measure blood glucose. For people that have Type 1 diabetes they have to keep a very careful watch on their blood glucose to make sure it doesn’t get too high or too low.