Artificial Blood and Biotechnology; Finding Alternatives to Blood Transfusion
Journal Title: Scholars Academic Journal of Biosciences - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue 3
Abstract
The objective of this short communication is to collect some information about alternatives to human blood and thus it can be informative and make a ray of hope for peoples for requiring urgent blood, having trouble in transfusion. Soon after discovery of blood it was perceived that diseases could be cured and even personalities could be changed by replacing blood. But many documents evidences are there for deaths and causilities in normal blood transfusion. There fore, search for alternatives is always there. Currently, some biotechnological products like Perfluorocarbons, HBOCs (Haemoglobin Based Oxygen Carriers), plastic blood etc studied at preclinical and clinical phases and in near future they can replace human blood. They can make comfortable and can decreases cost and death. Keywords: Blood Alternatives, Perfluorocarbons, HBOCs (Haemoglobin Based Oxygen Carriers), plastic blood.
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Usman Waheed, Muhammad Arshad Malik
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