Artificial BLOOD to Start being Manufactured in Factories!!

The production of blood on an industrial scale could become a reality once there has been a
trial in which artificial blood made from human stem cells is tested in patients.
Wellcome Trust-funded stem cell research has produced red blood cells fit for transfusion into humans, paving the way for the mass production of blood

It may seem like the stuff in a gothic science fiction: men in white coats in factories of blood and bones. But the production of blood on an industrial scale could become a reality once a trial is
conducted in which artificial blood made from human stem cells is tested in patients for the
first time.
It is the latest breakthrough in scientists’ efforts to re-engineer the body, which have already
resulted in the likes of 3d-printed bones and bionic limbs.
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Marc Turner, the principal researcher in the £5 million programme funded by the Wellcome Trust, told The Telegraph that his team had made red blood cells fit for clinical transfusion.
“Although similar research has been conducted elsewhere, this is the first time anybody has manufactured blood to the appropriate quality and safety standards for transfusion into a
human being,” said Prof Turner.
There are plans in place for the trial to be concluded by late 2016 or early 2017, he said. It will most likely involve the treatment of three
patients with Thalassaemia, a blood disorder requiring regular transfusions. The behaviour of
the manufactured blood cells will then be monitored.
“The cells will be safe,” he said, adding that there are processes whereby cells can be removed. The technique highlights the prospect of a limitless supply of manufactured type O- blood,
free of disease and compatible with all patients.
“Although blood banks are well-stocked in the UK and transfusion has been largely safe since the
Hepatitis B and HIV infections of the 1970s and 1980s, many parts of the world still have problems with transfusing blood,” said Prof
Turner.
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source: Daily Telegraph