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NHS to give volunteers 'synthetic blood' made in laboratory within two years
The first attempt at giving human volunteers “synthetic blood” made in a laboratory for the first time will take place within the next two years, the NHS has announced.A long-awaited clinical trial of artificial red blood cells will occur before 2017, NHS scientists said. The blood is made from stem cells extracted from either the umbilical cord blood of newborn babies or the blood of adult donors.
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I realize that this is on a volunteer basis, but the first thought that came to mind was, "Man, with the backlash against synthetic meats, can't imagine what will be said about synthetic blood!"