article_snippet.sent: It is made by taking a small amount of blood from a patient's arm (amounts vary depending on wound size, but typically no more than a couple of tablespoons) and then processing It in a machine that spins the blood at high speed until It separates into It various components.
article_snippet.sent: Blood is largely made up of a clear yellowish liquid, called plasma, but Blood also contains small, solid compounds - red cells, white cells and platelets.
article_snippet.sent: small, solid compounds - red cells, white cells and platelets are important for clotting, but small, solid compounds - red cells, white cells and platelets also contain hundreds of proteins called growth factors that are important for healing.
article_snippet.sent: Spinning Blood leaves behind the plasma and small, solid compounds - red cells, white cells and platelets but in higher concentration - up to ten times greater than usual.
article_snippet.sent: The U.S. trial uses a new blood-spinning machine that is designed to be used at a patient's bedside, collecting a new blood-spinning machine that is designed to be used at a patient's bedside in a syringe ready for immediate use as a gel.
article_snippet.sent: Previous research suggests that the high concentration of growth factors in Platelet-rich plasma helps stimulate growth of new blood vessels and skin tissue.
article_snippet.sent: Stem cells have the ability to turn into different cell types.
highlights_snippet.sent: The concentrated mix of substances in the blood play a role in healing .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The concentrated mix of substances in the blood is made by taking a small amount of blood from a patient's arm .