Eine Blutspende kann Leben retten. Aber nur, weil die meisten seiner Bestandteile seit gut 100 Jahren konserviert werden können. Viele Kulturen geben dem Blut eine symbolische Bedeutung. Von Volkart Wildermuth (SWR 2023/2024) | Manuskript und mehr zur Sendung: http://swr.li/blut-biologie | Bei Fragen und Anregungen schreibt uns: daswissen@swr.de | Folgt uns ... Show More
Oct 2020
Boel Berner, "Strange Blood: The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in 19th-Century Medicine and Beyond" (Transcript Verlag, 2020)
In the mid-1870s, the experimental therapy of lamb blood transfusion spread like an epidemic across Europe and the USA. Doctors tried it as a cure for tuberculosis, pellagra and anemia; proposed it as a means to reanimate seemingly dead soldiers on the battlefield. It was a conte ... Show More
59m 13s
Mar 2021
018 Blood Draw: Bloodletting & Vampirism
Many people battling symptoms, conditions, or chronic illness are subjected to routine blood draws and tests. How can these routine blood draws affect the body? In this episode, I uncover important truths about blood draws and reveal why the blood testing and donation system is b ... Show More
1h 10m
Sep 2022
Heart health and aging
Do our blood vessels hold the secret to long life? 60,000 miles long. That’s the length of the tube system inside us that transports blood, oxygen, and nutrients to the cells in our body. If these tubes fail, the result can be fatal. In some cases, it’s a heart attack. In others, ... Show More
45m 20s