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Another Try at Artificial Blood

Posted by michael on from the vampires-not-pleased dept.

kpogoda writes "There are some Swedish scientists that have successfully produced a powdered form of blood that can be used to treat patients. Although it is not ready for transfusions yet it is a major breakthrough in a much needed arena."

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  1. Re:Hmmm by Valdrax · · Score: 2, Informative

    The point is that it can be safely kept in storage for much longer at room temperature (which is a huge boon for developing countries) and doesn't require type-matching (which is a minor speedup for emergency care). Furthermore, it can apparently eventually be made from non-human sources. This is, in every way, cool.

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  2. Re:Jehovah's Witnesses by Henry+Salt · · Score: 2, Informative
    Speaking as a Jehovah's Witness, we believe that the Bible prohibits the taking of any blood - animal or human. Since the Bible is God's inspired instruction to us, that prohibition is straight from the top. In our view, a whole blood transfusion clearly counts.

    See this article at watchtower.org for the full scoop on our beliefs.