firm making human blood-making machine for battlefield

[Algorem]

Video: Cleveland firm making human blood

WKYC.com • June 8, 2009

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20090608/UPDATES01/90608004

CLEVELAND — A small Cleveland company may be on the verge of a huge medical breakthrough — artificial human blood...

"We think we can grow fresh blood faster that what the human body would naturally grow fresh blood," says Donald Brown, CEO. He is referring to a project in which Arteriocyte has developed a machine that produces actual human blood.

The technique is known as blood pharming and relies upon the creation of an artificial an artificial replacement for human bone marrow...

The military has awarded Arteriocyte a contract to continue the research and development of the artificial blood-making machine for battlefield use. It estimates 20 lives per week could be saved if fresh blood were available in battle conditions...

[Skink]

1. War what is it good for.

[Ian David]

2. Soylent Red is PEOPLE! It's made from PEOPLE! n/t

[bananas]

3. Vampires won't have to feed on humans anymore!

With sunglasses, sunscreen, and artificial blood, vampires can live like the rest of us!

[joshcryer]

7. Tru Blood!!!

OMG!

[Orsino]

4. Any chace we could bring our troops home...

...and send these machines over instead?

[TZ]

5. This could have lots and lots of positive non-military uses

Many groups have been trying to perfect this technology. This could be a positive to come out of the negative situation of war....

[DireStrike]

6. Isn't this a series on HBO?

[joshcryer]

8. Doh, you beat me to it. :P