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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.

How Does Hemoglobin Transport Oxygen in the Body?Biology
How Does the Stem Cell Donation Process Work?Healthcare
How Long Does Whole Blood Take to Clot Without an Activator?Biology
What Are Granulocytes and What Do They Do?Biology
Why Is It Deadly to Receive the Wrong Type of Blood?Heart & Lungs
Does Caffeine Affect Red Blood Cells?Heart & Lungs
What Is Platelet Inhibition and Why Does It Matter?Tests
Does Blood Type Affect Body Temperature?Biology
What Is HIT in Medical Terms?Tests
Why Don’t I Bruise? Factors That Influence Bruising Heart & Lungs
What Does Cryoprecipitate Contain?Tests
Why Are Platelets Universal for Transfusions?Heart & Lungs
Who Needs Irradiated Blood and Why?Tests
Who Is Hemophilia More Prevalent In and Why?Genetics
Where to Donate Bone Marrow and How the Process Works Healthcare
What Is Erythropoiesis? The Process of Making Red Blood Cells Heart & Lungs
How to Know If You Are a Bone Marrow Match Tests
Are Leukocytes Nucleated? The Answer and Why It Matters Biology
What Is the Function of Basophils in Your Immune System?Immunity
How Does a Blood Plasma Machine Work?Tests
How Long Are Platelets Good For? In the Body & Storage Heart & Lungs
How Much of the Wrong Blood Type Will Kill You?Heart & Lungs
Is Prothrombin Time (PT) Intrinsic or Extrinsic?Tests
What Is Hemostasis? The Body’s Process to Stop Bleeding Heart & Lungs
What Disease Does T-Boz Have? A Look at Sickle Cell Anemia Heart & Lungs
What Type of Antigens Are Present in Type O Blood?Heart & Lungs
How Long Does It Take to Reproduce Blood?Heart & Lungs
Where Does Plasma Go In the Body and After Donation?Heart & Lungs
Does Walking Increase Platelet Count?Fitness
How Fast Is a Blood Transfusion Administered?Procedures