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The yellow liquid in blood that comes from separating whole blood into its liquid and solid forms when a clot forms; a cure, antitoxin.

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  • Loving is the only sure road out of darkness, the only serum known that cures self-centeredness.
  • They are mixed and the serum is digested with papain.
  • Fetal bovine serum is used in the manufacture of vaccines.
  • Doctors helicoptered antivenin serum in from the National Zoo.
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