Freeze-Dried Blood May Save Soldiers' Lives

SpaceAdmiral writes "An Israeli company is working on a method to freeze-dry blood. This would enable soldiers to carry a packet of their own blood on the battlefield. If a soldier is injured and needs blood, medics could mix the dried blood with water and give the soldier a transfusion of his or her own blood. From the article: 'The idea is to take a soldier's blood, freeze it in laboratory conditions, take out the ice crystals leaving only the blood components. It will look like freeze-dried coffee in a little bag.'"

funny how the eyes work..

[MrShaggy]

when I read the above title; 'freeze-dried bloody mary's may save soldiers lives.'

My heart was racing.

Re:My hope

[JesseL]

Vampires would love it though.

OKay...

[lawpoop]

" It will look like freeze-dried coffee in a little bag."

Okay... but what about the flavor ?

Re:OKay...

[Bot Jockey]

We've secretly replaced this soldier's freeze-dried blood with Folger's crystals... let's watch!

Re:OKay...

[Donut2099]

'Tom never has a second transfusion at home...'

It's like Tang...

[Churla]

Tang for Vampires....

Little vampire kids could run around with a bag of it licking their fingers and sticking them in it...

The Scottish divisions of the British Army...

[exp(pi*sqrt(163))]

...are going to love this. They'll be able to make their favorite food [wikipedia.org] out in the field whenever they want.

Re:My hope

[FrankDrebin]

...we've secretly replaced the Count's normal drink with new Soldier's Crystals. Let's see if he notices the difference...

My blood type is caffeine

[Kelson]

It will look like freeze-dried coffee in a little bag.

There's a coffee chain in my area (Kelly's Coffee and Fudge [kellyscoffee.com]) that has T-shirts that say, "Instant human. Just add coffee."

Somehow, that phrase suddenly seems all the more appropriate.