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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Bad Blood meets Dreamland in this kaleidoscopic investigation into the shadowy and vampiric blood business and the dangerous limits of demand for the crucial resource that runs through our very veins. Every year, about twenty million Americans sell blood plasma for cash in a barely regulated market dominated by private industry and off-the-grid trafficking. These commercial efforts prey on an insatiable market for medical and scientific innovation...
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A biography series highlighting the work and social impact of BIPOC inventors"--
"Meet the inventors and scientists of color who changed the world! Born in Washington, D.C., in 1904, Charles R. Drew was a Black surgeon and medical researcher. Known as the "Father of The Blood Bank," he researched in the field of blood transfusions, and developed improved techniques for blood storage. Among his many accomplishments, he developed America's first large-scale...
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
Presents an illustrated introduction to Charles Drew, the twentieth-century African-American surgeon whose research in the field of blood transfusions led to improved ways to store donated blood.
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