Synthetic Blood made in Romania

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Bloedzak[1]A group of scientists of the Babes-Bolyai School in Cluj-Napoca, a city in NW Romania, has created a formula for synthetic blood vessels whose initial tests have proven encouraging.

The group led by professor Radu Silaghi-Dumitrescu, who is only a age 39, has been doing research to create the synthetic blood vessels for six decades and their discovery could prove crucial given the lack of blood vessels doctors need in cases of severe injuries and major operations. The blood vessels is made of water, sodium, albumin and a protein hemerythrin extracted from underwater viruses which makes the artificial blood vessels stress proof.

According to the researchers the results of the first tests conducted on mice are motivating.

“The mice treated with this type of blood ‘made in Cluj’ have remained indifferent and this is what we want, not to display signs of inflammation or disease. The ultimate goal is we don’t get rejection reactions of the artificial blood by the human body which we have for some of the current products” professor Silaghi-Dumitrescu said

Professor Silaghi-Dumitrescu also said that all the past efforts to create artificial blood didn’t work because scientists could not find the right proteins to keep the material safe from stress factors. So far the assessments on creatures did not generate the toxicity other types of protein used so far produced.
The lead researcher outlined the test on mice will proceed until confirmed there is not toxicity at all, before any make an effort to use it on people. Silaghi-Dumitrescu said he predicted finishing outcomes in at most two decades before any further test. “Tests on people are a very sensitive subject, we need some very serious permits and they signify an tremendous risk” he underlined.
via balkaneu.com

Author: Ismail Ziker

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