• Question: how do you do your research on blood

    Asked by jjdj2 to Chris on 16 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
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      Chris Cooper answered on 16 Mar 2010:


      I look at the red protein in blood – haemoglobin. I look at how changes in its colour could be used to monitor the brain and muscle function.

      I also look at blood I have taken out of people. I purify the haemoglobin and look at to study diseases such as heart attacks and stroke.

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