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Researchers create artificial blood for on-the-spot use in accidents and combat
Inside a specialized intensive care unit for rabbits, Dr. Allan Doctor and his team simulate the trauma of severe blood loss. They drain a rabbit's blood to...
Forward-looking: In a laboratory at the University of Maryland, a team of researchers is tackling one of emergency medicine's most persistent challenges: how to deliver life-saving blood transfusions to patients who are miles from the nearest hospital. Their experimental solution isn't stored in a refrigerator but in the form of a lightweight powder – raising hopes among scientists and military officials that trauma care could soon reach accident scenes and battlefields alike, where blood loss remains the leading cause of preventable death. When needed in an emergency, medics simply add water to reconstitute the powder, making blood ready for transfusion and allowing treatment to begin right at the scene of an accident.
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