Major breakthrough unlocks scalable artificial blood production

Major breakthrough unlocks scalable artificial blood production

In their quest for safe, mass-producible artificial blood, geneticists have long struggled. Our limited knowledge of genetic pathways that govern the development of blood has kept us from producing artificial red blood cells even after decades of effort. A breakthrough by researchers at the University of Konstanz and Queen Mary University of London may now begin to plug some of those holes and move artificial blood forward. Red blood cells, or e…