I mean like we are getting transplant with human made organs - is there something similar with blood?
2007-10-07 02:01:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Yes, there is an artificial blood substitute called polyheme, that is commercially available. In Denver a few years ago, if you were in an urgent care situation, you would be given the blood substitute instead of real blood. This was an experiment that the city had participated in to see if there was any change in life expectancy of the injured party after the transfusion.
I didn't like the idea because it didn't give the recipient the opportunity to make a knowledgeable decision whether they wanted to be part of an "experimental" test or not.
To Ozmondo3...Check your facts...Yeah, I must be wrong as here's a news article that explains it as well... http://cbs4denver.com/local/local_story_103081746.html
2007-10-07 02:03:26 · answer #1 · answered by Gary D 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes there are articifcal blood it was produced many years ago it is a substance that is even better than blood! it cares more oxygen than normal if needed and you don't need much of it to stay alive! If you wnat to know more POPULAR SCIENCE did an aritcle on it.
2007-10-07 02:06:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Put Dr. Leland Clark on your search engine. He demonstrated that mice could use oxygen containing fluorocarbons. Unfortunately, carrying off carbon dioxide was a problem.
2007-10-07 04:42:03 · answer #3 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No! Because the sentence "Blood will have to be shed" won't be so cinematic anymore.
2007-10-07 04:25:06 · answer #4 · answered by Dr.McDoom! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No u cant make blood that guy who sed u can is wrong.
2007-10-07 02:04:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
not yet, but we do have blood tranfusion or what ever you call it, by donating blood and stuff..
2007-10-07 02:04:01 · answer #6 · answered by dreamer 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋