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Blood donations have fallen to catastrophic levels. Experts say young people need to step up. (www.nbcnews.com)
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[โ€“] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 6 points 10 months ago

DARPA in particular has invested in several projects to try to develop a synthetic blood alternative. There's no chance anytime soon of reproducing all of the functionality of real blood. The research is mostly targeting something that could be transfused in an emergency that could keep someone alive while they're transported to a care facility (maintain pressure and distribute some oxygen without inducing toxicity), especially something that would be field-deployable with a longer shelf life, preferably without refrigeration.