Betty Halvorson receiving one of her regular blood transfusions.
Featured on the May 29th edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
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Gisela Telis tells the story of graduating University of Arizona student and veteran Erik Castillo, who set out to prove his doctors wrong when he was told that he would never walk or talk again after a serious battlefield head injury in 2004...
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Every two seconds in the United States, someone is in need of blood. Mitchell Riley visits the American Red Cross in Tucson with a man who donates blood as often as possible, and meets a woman at Tucson Medical Center who depends on regular transfusions to survive...
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Ever wonder how learning and memory work for creatures like insects, fish, or worms? Mark McLemore visits a laboratory where University of Arizona graduate student Gabriella Wolff is taking part in research into how these creatures memorize important information...
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Cross section of nerve bundles entering the brain of a sand worm (Nereis virens), stained with fluorescent dyes (three colors merged on right).
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