UBI
The non-profit organization our club works with
What is Versiti?
The most common blood type
What is O+?
This common blood disorder is caused by a deficiency in red blood cells or hemoglobin.
What is anemia?
A protein in red blood cells that transports oxygen in almost all vertebrates.
What is hemoglobin?
The name of U of M's fight song
What is the Victors?
The time and place where UBI (the overarching organization) was founded
What is the University of Chicago in 2017
The frequency at which a person can donate whole blood
What is every 56 days? (Or 8 weeks)
This type of blood cancer originates in the bone marrow and leads to the overproduction of abnormal white blood cells.
What is leukemia?
This is the liquid portion of blood, comprising about 55% of our blood.
What is plasma?
The life saving vaccine created at Michigan
What is the polio vaccine?
The semester and year that the UBI chapter at the University of Michigan was started
The universal plasma donor blood type
What is AB?
This blood disorder is caused by mutations in the beta globin gene, causing beta globin deficiency and anemia.
What is beta-thalassemia?
Also known as leukocytes, these help fight infections and aid the immune system.
What are white blood cells?
The president who played football at Michigan before becoming president
Who is Gerald Ford?
The blood from our drives go to hospitals in _____ (Which general area?)
What is Southeast Michigan?
Every __ (frequency), someone in the U.S. needs blood or platelets.
What is 2 seconds?
An estimated this many people carry "Golden Blood," or Rh-null blood (± 10).
In an average human, this organ pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood every day
What is the heart?
The oldest building on campus, built in 1840
What is the President's house?
Our February 5th blood drive this year donated this many units of blood.
What is 38?
The name of the test used to determine a donor’s hemoglobin levels before donation
What is a hematocrit test?
This many people worldwide are estimated to be carriers of the sickle cell allele. (±50 million)
What is 300 million?
Despite being made mostly of water, blood is actually this kind of substance, meaning it can exist as both a liquid and a solid.
What is a non-Newtonian fluid?
The building that holds Michigan's very own glassblowing lab
What is the Chemistry building?