Abstracto

Blood Transfusion: Challenges, Corrective Measures and Related Research

Karthik Maddula, Anusha Juluru

Blood is a fluid connective tissue and it performs many vital functions of the body like protection from foreign agents and transport of mineral, nutrients, hormones, gases and metabolic wastes. At the same time any alterations to its normal functions will lead to fatal effects. Hence it is essential to maintain its normal composition and volume by blood transfusion during conditions like accidents, surgeries etc. but many challenges are encountered at times, the main reason being lack of availability of compatible blood. A lot of research is going on in the field of blood transfusions the current review focuses on a few recent advances in the field.