Researchers study the shelf life of blood

The Wall Street Journal reports that researchers across the country, including Wake Forest’s Daniel Kim-Shapiro, are studying whether old, donated blood heightens the risk of serious complications in some patients receiving blood transfusions.

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Word of the Year: ‘Unfriend’

Communication professor Ananda Mitra: New modes of communication, such as Facebook, influence our language and social interaction. The Facebook term “unfriend” is the 2009 Word of the Year. Ananda Mitra, professor and chair of the Department of Communication, discusses how technology influences language and social interaction.

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Researching the iconic images of war

Images of the American soldier have changed over time, according to professor David Lubin, who is writing a book on the imagery of World War I. Images of the American soldier — captured by photographers on battlefields from the Civil War to Iraq and Afghanistan — have changed over time, according to professor David Lubin, who is writing a book on the imagery of World War I.

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Improving banked blood

Physics professor Daniel Kim-Shapiro is studying how nitric oxide in blood affects the quality of stored blood and how it can be altered to make blood transfusions safer. Professor of Physics Daniel Kim-Shapiro and a co-researcher have received a major federal grant to study why the quality of stored blood degrades over time and to investigate ways to make transfusions using older blood safer.

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