Researchers from Bristol University in the UK have announced plans to begin testing artificial blood.
Human trials of lab-manufactured red blood cells will begin in 2017 on a group of 20 volunteers. Up until now this technology had only been tested on rats. Developed in association with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), the artificial blood is made using stem cells harvested from adult and umbilical cord blood in order to…
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