AABB News: Biosynthetic Components Come Together in Search for Whole Blood Substitutes

Transfusion medicine is dependent upon altruistic blood donors, the time of year, geography, screening and testing time, storage limitations and the logistics of getting blood where it is needed. The next advance — the development of a biosynthetic whole-blood surrogate product with a long shelf life that can be freeze-dried for easy portability, storage and reconstituted on site when needed — is closer than ever before.

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