According to the information revealed, currently a new type of artificial blood has been tested on 10 rabbits. However, if it is switched to human trials, this could be a very interesting breakthrough.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 117.4 billion units of blood donate collect globally each year but this number is still not enough for actual needs.
In response to the pressing need for anemia for medical purposes, researchers in Japan have developed artificial blood that can perform functions like real blood with the main role of saving blood. store and transport oxygen, if the body suffers severe blood loss during surgery or after a human injury.
The researchers transfused blood into 10 rabbits that had suffered a haemorrhage from a liver injury. Six of them survived and none of the rabbits had serious adverse issues.
Currently, scientists are still not sure whether this product is likely to lead to any wider health problems because researchers have not discovered the long-term safety of blood. Therefore, the findings of Japanese scientists cannot confirm whether it is suitable for humans or not.
With short-term limitations, research can still be an important stepping stone for scientists to find conventional blood substitutes. Eliminating the need for donors, artificial blood can make blood transfusion easier for patients.
It’s hard to store enough blood for transfusions in remote islands, but artificial blood will be able to solve this problem, said study author Manabu Kinoshita, associate professor of immunology at the University of Medicine. Japanese defense said.
