Study artificial blood test

Statistics from the World Health Organization show that every year there are about 107 million humanitarian blood donations worldwide. However, many remote areas that need blood do not have access to this humanitarian blood source for many reasons. Such as obstacles for transportation, resupply, other blood groups, preservation mode. So researchers at Essex University are testing artificial blood that is not picky to recipients, avoiding the risk of infection .

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Blood-like substances - developed through the project Haem02 at Essex University (UK) - can be stored at normal room temperature for up to 2 years. This helps provide blood all over the world without the need for conventional cooling and avoids the risk of blood transfusion disorders that can lead to death.

Gizmag magazine quoted Cooper professor as a biochemist and hematologist who said that the long shelf life and storage conditions are not too strict to help artificial blood be easily transported to the disaster areas where conditions Traffic is very difficult. They can be stored permanently on emergency vehicles.

The effect of artificial blood is the simulation of the oxygen transfer model and the active substance such as red blood cells of human blood. Through research papers from 25 years of other works, scientists at Essex University have learned how to overcome the inherent disadvantages of long-term blood transfusions, especially the body does not accept the group. other blood.

Gizmag said the research team received $ 2.5 million in funding from the Medical and Biological Sciences Research Council. The important objectives of the research are nearly complete. Hopefully in the near future, new generation artificial blood will be patented in the US, Australia and EU.