Judith Graham Pool
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Judith Graham Pool was an American
scientist
. She is best known for the discovery of cryoprecipitation
, a process for creating concentrated blood clotting factors which significantly improved the quality of life for hemophiliacs around the world.
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Scientist
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. She is best known for the discovery of cryoprecipitation
Cryoprecipitate
Cryoprecipitate, also called "Cryoprecipitated Antihemophilic Factor", "Cryoprecipitated AHF", and most commonly just "cryo", is a frozen blood product prepared from plasma.It is often transfused as a four to six unit pool instead of as a single product...
, a process for creating concentrated blood clotting factors which significantly improved the quality of life for hemophiliacs around the world.