fresh blood

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One challenge is that neutrophils have a very short lifespan and must be studied using fresh blood samples, unlike other cell types that can be stored for later analysis.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

At some point in time, you go through a difficult period, and when that happens, they bring in fresh blood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Some nine years down the line, fresh blood is needed, so “Now You Don’t” plays like “Now You See Me: The New Class,” introducing a trio of budding magicians who take inspiration from the Horsemen.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

Time for some fresh blood, with the opportunity to take over a prime piece of congressional real estate smack in the heart of Manhattan.

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2025

Everywhere, a soup of smells—the sticky sour odor of fresh blood, and also filthy clothes, sweat, oil, disinfectant, medical alcohol, and drifting above it all, the stink of gangrene.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan