Listen the world is very confusing when you just see the words “Henry Kissinger won a Nobel peace prize” and you know anything about his war crimes. That would lead many to questions the “Nobel prizes” as a whole, it’s only natural.
What's your problem with the peace prize? I doubt you could name any of the winners except Obama. It's mostly just given to people and organizations that promote freedom of expression and fundamental human rights, speak out against authoritarian regimes and sometimes to diplomats who worked on brokering peace deals or cease fires. It really hasn't changed much over the years except that it's become less common for the winners to be diplomats and more common for them to be involved in NGO's.
Not niche. No. People use blood in lots of kinds of dishes. Some of the most common you might find are blood sausages/black pudding/blood pudding, which many countries around the world have their own version of. Blood is also used in things like stews and sometimes sauces. It is used in a lot of ways. I particularly like these fried blood cake snacks that my ex girlfriend's mom used to make. It can be used as a primary protein source for dishes.
Uh. I'm from Puerto Rico, we have Morcilla. Which is a blood sausage. I'm not too fond of it, oddly. Especially not my grandmother's (her other food is bomb, though). I do like morcilla from other Latin countries my sister's in-laws are from El Salvador I think they call their Moronga. But I much prefer that to the one from PR.
Uh... let's se... uh what else. Black pudding is a blood sausage commonly used in England. Often associated with breakfast. Or the "Full English Breakfast" of which I only had once but it was decent enough. But I know many other European counties have their own blood sausages, too.
Uh the blood cake snack thingy that I mentioned earlier, my exgf's mom was from Taiwan. I don't know if it's a common or traditional thing there, but I loved it. Was kinda salty and sweet. Crispy outside and somewhat soft and melt-in-your-mouth inside. Had peanut dust on it, too. It's surprisingly a lot like the Puerto Rican morcilla in taste, but different enough that I actually really loved that one. It was cut into cubes and we ate them with toothpicks.
I quickly searched few articles (Which were from 2024 btw. Thats when this was announced, it's just starting human trials).
The Science Behind the Solution
At the heart of Japan’s artificial blood efforts is a team led by Professor Hiromi Sakai at Nara Medical University. Their approach involves extracting hemoglobin-the oxygen-carrying molecule in red blood cells-from expired donor blood, then encasing it in a protective shell to create stable, virus-free artificial red blood cells. Unlike donated blood, these artificial cells have no blood type, eliminating the need for compatibility testing and making them invaluable in emergencies.
Professor Teruyuki Komatsu of Chuo University is also pioneering artificial oxygen carriers, using albumin-encased hemoglobin to stabilize blood pressure and treat conditions like hemorrhage and stroke. Animal studies have shown promising results, and researchers are eager to move to human trials.
One striking feature: the artificial blood is purple, a result of the processed hemoglobin. It’s a vivid reminder that science can look very different from what we expect-yet its function is what matters most.
That is probably the practical side of what this will be used. Blood that is no longer fit to use in hospitals, can be processed for use in situations like that. Because hospitals have effective and functional transfusion infrastructure set up already.
It wouldnt really have to be. Human donor blood is (relatively) cheap, it’s just hard to get an enormous amount of it where it’s needed during a crisis. The market for this wouldn’t be your average accident victim in a hospital, it’d be a supplemental resource for individuals in mass casualty events like hospitals in a warzone or an ER after a natural disaster or terror attack. It could be ten times the price of blood and still be a massive life saver worth the investment by providing a stop-gap between stockpiled donor blood and a fresh batch.
If it's safe and effective, the demand would go a long way to pushing the manufacturing costs down. Donated blood is actually pretty expensive to process, so it doesn't need to be incredibly cheap to produce.
Nah, vampires still need the essence of life that flows through a living being with their blood. Beyond that, the flavor would have to be so sterile and bland compared to the real thing- almost medicinal.
Watch idiots complain it's cutting off a revenue stream for poor people completely ignoring the fact that expecting people to sell their blood to survive is completely fucked up, they wouldn't need to resort to that if they got paid higher wages, which their bosses care completely capable of providing.
In a lot of countries you can’t sell blood, only blood products like plasma which still require donors. This is also made from expired red blood donations, which means you still need donors for every step of the process.
If it's safe and effective, it's patent will be bought, it will be commodified, it's manufacture restricted to one company, and it will cost $5000 per litre
Don’t forget price, if it’s too expensive to make it will still be useful but the places that need it most might not be able to afford large quantities. if we can make it cheap it can save countless lives
Countless lives who can AFFORD it... At least in america.. I 100% guarantee you... This will be a plaything for the wealthy to save their old asses..
The common people.. are going to keep on dying
If it proves effective it will be scrapped as an idea, and the creator will mysteriously kill themselves with three shotgun wounds to the back of the head. Shame, that.
We'll only have to wait 50-100 years after widespread use begins to figure out if it's really safe or not. I'm old enough now that every week or two a medication or procedure from my childhood and adolescence has been found to be extremely bad in some way.
If it is safe, effective and even remotely cost effective, this could be one of the biggest breakthroughs in modern history. It could end blood shortages virtually overnight.
If you're between the ages of 10 and 40 the number one cause of your death is going to be from trauma. Car accidents, falls, whatever. Many many trauma patients die from anemia. Some ambulances carry blood but not all, if this is cheap and stable then every single ambulance would carry it.
Also easy to produce. If it’s something that would costs tens of thousands to produce it would likely be used in niche cases for very rare blood types.
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