The Independent - London, March 7th, 1994
TRIALS are about to begin in England of a blood substitute which in time might replace 10 to 20 per cent of transfusions, while making use of blood donations that have passed their "use by" date.
The artificial blood is a haemoglobin solution made from the oxygen carrying part of the red cells in human blood and is being tested in trauma cases. Because the red cell surfaces are missing, patients do not have to be typed and blood cross- matched before transfusion.
The product has been developed by the US-based Baxter Healthcare, which has overcome the difficulty that pure haemoglobin naturall...
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