We welcomed Jessica and Amalie to our Blood science lab on 30/8/23. Jessica has hypothyroidism and Amalie has Wilson's disease. Amalie has had a liver transplant due to her Wilson's disease and like Jessica regularly takes medication everyday. Both girls attended with their mums who also found it fascinating and now they can picture where their daughters blood samples go.
During the tour the girls were very interested in Biochemistry as I explained that the majority of their blood tests would be processed through that part of the blood science lab. We had fun doing a science ISPY around the lab, looking down the microscope at blood films, learning about blood types and also doing colour reaction experiments. I don't think they all realised how many analysers we require in the lab for all the sample processing!
The tour helped the girls to envisage where their samples go and how they are processed. We really hope it will help both Jessica and Amalie in the future with regard to their bloods being checked and any future treatment they may need. Lots of fun had by all!
Gayle Johnstone, Specialist Biomedical Scientist
We welcomed Jessica and Amalie to our blood science lab
The tour helped the girls to envisage where their samples go and how they are processed
The girls were very interested in Biochemistry
We had fun learning about blood types
We really hope it will help both Jessica and Amalie in the future with regard to their bloods being checked
