Scientists Successfully Create Artificial Blood of Extract Unearthly Worm
Scientists succeeded in creation of artificial blood made from mineral salts, water, and protein hemerythrin extracted from marine worms.
Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu of Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca hope that the artificial blood could be sufficient demand for blood and prevent disease transmission through transfusion.
Silaghi-Dumitrescu who create artificial blood was even speculates that in the future there will probably be an instant blood products. Blood is like instant coffee or instant drink sachet packaging, can be used after mixing with water.
Silaghi-Dumitrescu effort is a success. During this time, an artificial blood to be creative efforts always fail because the compounds used could not bear the physical and chemical stress.
Silaghi-Dumitrescu wear hemerythrin of marine worms because they were considered more resistant to pressure than hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a blood protein that serves to bind oxygen, help transfer oxygen to every cell of the body.
Silaghi-Dumitrescu artificial blood has been tested on mice and guinea pigs did not experience any side effects. "Mice were tested with artificial blood 'Made in Cuj' do not experience side effects, and this is what we want," he said as quoted by Softpedia.
The artificial blood is expected to replace the function of native human blood for a few hours or maybe a full day.
In that period, the body of someone who lost a lot of blood could produce enough blood to replace it again. In one to two years ahead, this artificial blood will be tested on humans.
