Feb 11, 2022 | International Laboratory News, Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Testing, Precision Medicine, Uncategorized
Study conducted on International Space Station found crew’s red blood cells were destroyed 54% faster in space than while on Earth Hemolysis in blood specimens is something that clinical laboratories deal with every day. Now researchers in Canada have determined that, while astronauts are in space, hemolysis is a causative factor in the condition known as “space anemia.” Hematologists whose clinical laboratories process a steady volume of complete blood count (CBC) tests to diagnosis anemia...
