Shashank Bansal

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Platelets, blood cells that exist mainly to act as an emergency worker that closes wounds. They produce a sort of large, sticky net that clumps themselves and unlucky red blood cells together and creates an emergency barrier to the outside world, stopping blood loss rather quickly and preventing more intruders from entering. This enables fresh skin cells to slowly start closing the enormous hole in the world.*
Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive
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