Blood transfusion FROM THE LABORATORY VANTAGE POINT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST MEDICAL ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY, IT WAS THE WISE APPROACH OF KARL LANDSTEINER AT THE LABORATORY SETTING THAT MADE THE CENTURIES-LONG CHALLENGE OF THE THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION OF Blood transfusion TO BE OVERCOME AND TRANSPLANTATION OF THE FLUID TISSUE (Blood) POSSIBLE THEREBY LEADING TO MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN TRANSPLANTATION, SURGERY, AND THE MEDICAL SCIENCES IN GENERAL...