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As soon as the blood is donated, banked human blood loses the vital ability to transfer oxygen to body tissue that desperately needs it. The researchers say that for the majority of patients, blood transfusions with banked human blood could do more harm than good.
Almost immediately after it leaves the body, human blood begins to lose an essential gas, nitric oxide which is believed to be crucial to the delivery of oxygen to tissues because it keeps the tiny blood vessels inside the tissue mass open. The researchers also believe that it helps red blood cells to stay flexible so they can easily fit into the narrow constraints of the blood vessels.
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