Red blood cell the body right away and only the plasma is collected. Some athletes have tried to improve their performance by blood doping: first about 1 litre of their blood is extracted, then the red blood cells are isolated, frozen and stored, to be reinjected shortly before the competition. (Red blood cells can be conserved for 5 weeks at , or over 10 years using cryoprotectants) This practice is hard to detect but may endanger the human cardiovascular system which is not equipped to deal with blood of the resulting higher viscosity. Another method of blood doping involves injection with erythropoietin in
Under a Blood Red Sky Under a Blood Red Sky Under a Blood Red Sky is a live album by Irish rock band U2, produced by Jimmy Iovine and released on 21 November 1983. Along with its companion concert film, "", the release helped establish U2's reputation globally as a live act. The album consists of live recordings from three shows on the band's War Tour, from Colorado and Boston in the US and from Germany. An accompanying concert video entitled "U2 Live at Red Rocks: Under a Blood Red Sky" was released the following year. The film was recorded entirely at the outdoor Red