Artificial blood in the form of ... plastic

Cheap price, easy transportation, no cold storage, long storage . That's the advantage of an artificial blood in the form . plastic. According to its creators, this plastic blood can be transmitted to people like normal blood and is very safe.

Scientists at the University of Sheffield, England have created an artificial blood in the form of plastic that can be used to replace normal blood in emergencies.

This new blood is made from plastic molecules that in its core have an iron atom that transports oxygen throughout the body like hemoglobin. This is a dark red mixture that looks like honey.

Cheap price, easy transportation, no need for cold storage, long storage . That's the advantage of artificial blood (Photo: BBC)

According to the inventors, this artificial blood is very light, easy to transport, does not need to be cold and can be stored for a long time. They argue that artificial blood can be produced cheaply and they are looking for a financial source to create the final model suitable for biological testing.

Dr Lance Twyman, a chemist at Shefield University, was very excited and said: 'This product can be stored much easier than blood, which means ambulances and forces. Military quantities can easily transport it in large numbers. '

With such features, artificial blood can be very useful in situations such as in battlefields, lack of blood group O, or people receiving blood will not have to worry about blood-borne diseases. However, there is a problem that whether putting this ' plastic ' blood into the human body is very risky?

Twyman said: 'Currently we have not identified long-term problems related to polymer in the body. However, for its intended use, in the short term this is a useful invention ',' an application that is obviously in the battlefield or at the scene of an accident, the rapid addition of blood lost can save lives'.

Nguyen Thi Minh