Artificial blood could soon be on the way
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 08:01
in Biology & Nature
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at Edinburgh University in Scotland have announced that they believe the type of artificial blood they are working on could be ready for testing in humans in as little as two or three years. Made from growing stem cells taken from adult human bone marrow, the blood they create would be of the rare type O-negative that some 98% of people in need could use.