blood serum
noun
: the clear yellowish fluid that remains from blood plasma after clotting factors (such as fibrinogen and prothrombin) have been removed by clot formation
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Every test pointed towards a perfect match: blood type, tissue type, and a blood serum antibody crossmatch that indicated Richard’s body would accept one of Ed’s kidneys.
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Allan Chernoff, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2025
Our group is currently working on using blood serum to identify proteins that could be involved with breast cancer.
—Danielle Whitham, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
Chang and his coauthors also analyzed samples of blood serum from humans with lupus, dermatomyositis and systemic sclerosis and compared them with samples from people without autoimmune disease.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
For flu, monitoring antigenic drift involves conducting a slew of blood serum tests in the lab and looking for patterns in the data.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2022
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Allan Chernoff, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2025
Our group is currently working on using blood serum to identify proteins that could be involved with breast cancer.
—Danielle Whitham, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
Chang and his coauthors also analyzed samples of blood serum from humans with lupus, dermatomyositis and systemic sclerosis and compared them with samples from people without autoimmune disease.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
For flu, monitoring antigenic drift involves conducting a slew of blood serum tests in the lab and looking for patterns in the data.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2022
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“Blood serum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20serum. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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