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What an amazing reading experience. So rarely do you see an article with so few distractions. I wish I had something substantial to add, but I was just in awe

by MrJagil 12y ago

What an amazing reading experience. So rarely do you see an article with so few distractions. I wish I had something substantial to add, but I was just in awe by the presentation, the clear-cut contact information and credentials laid out, the pleasant font choices and how the related stories weren't pushed on you as opportunities for ad-rev, but for enlightenment for the curious.

elemeno 12y ago
The site is part of the Wellcome Trust, a large UK charity that's focused on improving human and animal health. They're one of largest sources of funding for medical research in the world, second only to the Gates Foundation according to Wikipedia. They're also a bit supporter of open access science journals. If you're in London, they also have the Wellcome Collection - a medical focused museum that describes itself as "The free destination for the incurably curious". Pretty much always fascinating and worth a visit! http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/ http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/ http://www.wellcomecollection.org/ http://www.wellcomecollection.org/
wffurr 12y ago
I was highly distracted by the nonessential photos of bagged blood, which I found super creepy.
- MrJagil 12y ago
  Yeah, in the bottom it says "name changed" so I assume the anonymity resulted in an overdose of stock photos.
  - puzzlingcaptcha 12y ago
    Each photo is credited to the photographer listed at the end of the article, so I am not sure what your point is. They were likely all taken at IBGRL, mentioned in the text.
- niels_olson 12y ago
  To me, sitting in a blood bank, those photos are organized to reinforce the problem of just how many units you have to screen when someone with a rare blood type shows up. What you do is take blood from one of about 10 small testing segments and mix it with the recipient's serum. If it clots or hemolyzes, that's bad. That's the most elementary method of crossmatching units, and it's often still done just before sending a unit out, because the blood's there to be tested, might as well.

by MrJagil 12y ago

elemeno 12y ago

The site is part of the Wellcome Trust, a large UK charity that's focused on improving human and animal health. They're one of largest sources of funding for medical research in the world, second only to the Gates Foundation according to Wikipedia. They're also a bit supporter of open access science journals. If you're in London, they also have the Wellcome Collection - a medical focused museum that describes itself as "The free destination for the incurably curious". Pretty much always fascinating and worth a visit! http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/ http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/ http://www.wellcomecollection.org/ http://www.wellcomecollection.org/

wffurr 12y ago

I was highly distracted by the nonessential photos of bagged blood, which I found super creepy.

MrJagil 12y ago
Yeah, in the bottom it says "name changed" so I assume the anonymity resulted in an overdose of stock photos.
- puzzlingcaptcha 12y ago
  Each photo is credited to the photographer listed at the end of the article, so I am not sure what your point is. They were likely all taken at IBGRL, mentioned in the text.
niels_olson 12y ago
To me, sitting in a blood bank, those photos are organized to reinforce the problem of just how many units you have to screen when someone with a rare blood type shows up. What you do is take blood from one of about 10 small testing segments and mix it with the recipient's serum. If it clots or hemolyzes, that's bad. That's the most elementary method of crossmatching units, and it's often still done just before sending a unit out, because the blood's there to be tested, might as well.