Comment Re:now for the usual.... (Score 1) 38
If someone knows better, I'd like to ask them about how the body's liver will respond to the artificial blood. Does it see the artificial blood as benign or is it immediately filtered out as a foreign substance? I'm curious to see how it reacts in our nearest animal analog - the pig. I hope for continued success if it makes it past pig testing and on to limited human testing.
This would be great addition for trauma kits. A kit of HemCon bandages made from shrimp shells, packets of this artificial blood, and distilled water would be helpful for ambulances/aid cars, search and rescue teams, and military medics. The trauma kits could also be carried by drones to forward locations during earthquakes and landslides.