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Susan Grier

Susan Grier is a medical laboratory technologist in a hospital transfusion service. She works the night shift crossmatching blood units for patients and brings years of bench experience from core diagnostic laboratories. A contributor to Biology Insights, Grier tends an extensive indoor plant collection at home.

Where Are Platelets Made and How Does the Body Make Them?
How Platelet Production Works in the Human Body
Does Your Body Replenish Blood? The Process Explained
How Platelets Are Formed: From Bone Marrow to Bloodstream
How Many People Have Golden Blood and Why So Few?
What Blood Type Helps Sickle Cell Disease?
How Quickly Does Blood Regenerate? The Full Timeline
Lysis of Red Blood Cells: Causes and Consequences
Why Do Blood Types Matter for Your Health?
What Blood Type Has No Antigens? From O to Rhnull
What Is the Hematologic System and How Does It Work?
Why Is B Negative Blood So Rare? Explained
The Life Cycle and Function of Red Blood Cells
Megakaryocytes: Function, Development, and Conditions
How Many Blood Types Are There? Beyond the Basic 8
How Long Does It Take the Body to Make Blood?
Can Blood Go Bad? Inside the Body and In Storage
What Are the Functions of Blood? A Full Breakdown
How Long Does It Take to Replace Lost Blood?
How Does a Blood Clot Form? The 4-Step Process
What Are the Three Stages of Hemostasis?
What Blood Type Has Sickle Cell Trait?
How Long Does It Take for Blood to Turn Brown?
What Does Oval-Shaped Red Blood Cells Mean?
What Is Thrombin and What Is Its Function?
Does Your Body Create More Blood? How and Why It Happens
How Does Our Body Make Blood? The Journey of a Blood Cell
What Causes Red Blood Cells to Change Shape?
Why Red Blood Cell (RBC) Shape Is So Important
What Are Blood Clotting Factors and How Do They Work?