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Contents 1 Selling Plasma 2 Move 3 photograph 4 Coconut water 5 Cell culture 6 CaO2 7 Composition of plasma

[edit] Selling Plasma

Why do places buy Blood Plasma? What is it used for and how much does it cost? What affect does the loss of plasma have on the human body?

TYPES OF PLASMA there should be sections for the different types of plasma preparations used for coagulation testing (stored, adsorbed, aged plasmas), since there are not separate articles for them and I believe that such separate articles would be too small to exist on their own. HolyMongoose 17:33, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move

Moved from article: Notable examples where serum is required include: protein electrophoresis, where it is preferable to remove fibrinogen as it may be mistaken for something else. This needs clarification. It would be desirable to list the differences between serum and plasma (besides clotting factors). Kosebamse 09:19 Apr 27, 2003 (UTC)

Something should be written here about plasma donation: how and why it is done. AxelBoldt 19:16, 15 May 2005 (UTC) How relation between diabetes and mast cell

[edit] photograph

It would be nice to have a photograph of either dried or frozen or liquid plasma just to be able to picture the color Taylorde 07:24, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

I've seen plasma from hundreds of blood samples. The color of the plasma varies considerably from one sample to another, ranging from only barely yellow to dark yellow and sometimes with a brown or orange tinge also. In addition to the varying shades of yellow color, some plasma samples are clear and some are milky or turbid. Occasionally, plasma came from a sample of hemolyzed blood, meaning the membranes of a few red blood cells were broken spilling the hemoglobin, so the plasma had a tinge of red.
H Padleckas 03:43, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Coconut water

I was intrigued by the recent addition of coconut water as well. It turns out that there's anecdotal use of coconut water as am intravenous fluid, see Am J Emerg Med 2000;18:108-11 PMID 10674546. However, that's not the same as blood plasma. Andrew73 13:09, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Interesting. Probably belongs in the coconut milk article more than here, however. --Bk0 (Talk) 13:21, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cell culture

Added to the page: Use of serum in cell culture.

Wondered why no one added in the use of serum in cell culture earlier. lpshean 02:52, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CaO₂

I have not heard of the expression CaO₂. Is it a typo? Snowman 14:27, 29 yo mama

[edit] Composition of plasma

It would be nice if someone added a section on the chemical composition of plasma... I have no idea what it actually is. Is it mostly water? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.44.16.79 (talk) 02:04, 24 April 2008 (UTC)