Artificial Blood Made In Romania

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 31, 2013 @04:44AM from the high-demand-in-local-market dept.

First time accepted submitter calinduca writes "Artificial blood that could one day be used in humans without side effects has been created by scientists in Romania. The blood contains water and salts along with a protein known as hemerythrin which is extracted from sea worms. Researchers from Babe-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, hope it could help end blood supply shortages and prevent infections through donations." Wikipedia's entry on hemerythrin explains its unusual oxygen binding mechanism.

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Makes sense by Bohnanza · 2013-10-31 04:45 · Score: 5, Funny

Transylvania is in Romania

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Sorry, I'm only a 1336 h4x0r.
Re:9 out of 10 vampires prefer real blood though by JeanCroix · 2013-10-31 04:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Yep. You think the anti-GM food hippies are bad, just wait til the anti-artificial blood vampires get their protests going...