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Dr. Löwenberg discussing the history of Blood.
“One of my lifelong obsessions
has been blood
and identity. How
does blood unite
us, and how does
it divide us?”
—LAWRENCE HILL
Blood has a global role and position and
reaches out to scientists and clinicians in
virtually any corner of our planet.”
Blood has also reflected the changes in
cultural science, he added. “Looking back
at the earliest articles to now, you can see
a change from individual, autonomous research to more mechanistic, ‘protocolized’
approaches.”
The future of the Journal is clear in
the eyes of Dr. Löwenberg: “The Journal
has truly been a messenger of all of the
significant developments in our field. We
can look at Blood as a stable and faithful partner for successive generations of
hematologists.”
Blood Through the Ages
Dr. Kahn took the audience on a journey
through the history of blood – from early
cave paintings to its appearances in religious texts, to Jan Swammerdam’s description of red blood cells in 1658 and the
first ASH meeting in 1958. “Since the very
beginning of mankind, blood has been
recognized as that which gives life,” he
said. “Blood defines who we are, our social
relations, our ranking, and heritage.”
While Drs. Kahn and Löwenberg traced
the history of blood in medicine, Mr. Hill
traced the importanc R