The end result is artificial red blood cells that have similar size, shape, charge and surface proteins to the real thing. The team showed that these synthetic RBCs were able to deform enough to ...

By drawing blood A person can identify their blood type at home using a rapid blood typing kit. Using the kit requires a person to prick a finger with a needle.

It’s my blood type, according to an at-home DIY blood typing kit I bought on Amazon—the Eldoncard Blood Type Test (Complete Kit) Air Sealed Envelope, Safety Lancet, Micropipette, Cleansing ...

Others hope to craft synthetic materials into blood cell substitutes that may deliver not only vital oxygen, but also medicine. Here, we look at five blood technologies in development.

An Australian woman's life has been saved using a radical synthetic blood substitute from the U.S. made from cow plasma, the Herald Sun reported Thursday. In a world first, doctors at The Alfred ...

Vitally important is the synthesizing of hematin, the red iron core which carries oxygen into the blood. Hans Fischer, 47, of the Munich (Germany) Institute of Technology worked on the problem 17 ...

In an ambitious effort to enhance battlefield medicine, the US military is investing $46 million in the development of a synthetic blood substitute. This initiative aims to provide a reliable and ...

UK scientists plan a major research project to see if synthetic human blood can be made from embryonic stem cells. Led by the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, the three year trial could ...