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What component is indicated for patients who receive directed donations from immediate family members to prevent transfusion-associated graft versus host disease (TA-GVHD)?

Cerebrospinal fluid has three main functions:

Protect brain and spinal cord from trauma.

Supply nutrients to nervous system tissue.

Remove waste products from cerebral metabolism.

Which of the following are functions of CSF? Please select all correct answers

The steps in the PCR process are:

1. Denaturation (Turning double stranded DNA into single strands.)

2. Annealing/Hybrization (Attachment of primers to the single DNA strands.)

3. Extension (Creating the complementary strand to produce new double stranded DNA.)

What is the first step of the PCR reaction?

Vitamin K is needed to produce certain coagulation factors, in particular factors II, VII, IX, and X. Deficiencies in these factors can lead to increased clotting times and can cause hemorrhagic disease.

A deficiency in which of these vitamins leads to increased clotting time and may result in hemorrhagic disease?