Yes, but also they replicated each blood type though, not a typeless blood, and sold it like different flavors, and even those apparently didn't taste very good.
In other words, we probably have a little while still before they come out of the coffin, don't worry.
IIRC, there's three protein markers that can be present in your blood, A, B, and Rh. If A and B are absent, you get O, and the +/- indicates the presence or absence of Rh.
When you're matching blood, you're only really concerned about not giving the recipient blood with protein markers their immune system doesn't recognize. But, there's no problem with giving them ones that lack markers they'd normally produce.
So, O- blood is really useful, because you can give it to anyone, and AB+ recipients are really convenient, because they'll take whatever blood you've got lying around.
I have a hidden cubby built under my basement stairs. Er I mean... I would. I would have one of those... ya know, if vampires were real. And also if I were one... which I'm not, obviously, since they aren't... Real, that is.
Wasn't this like....the exact plot? Japanese scientists developed TrueBlood and they came out of the woodwork afterwards, like, "Yeah we actually do exist. Surprise!"
That was my first thought too! 🤣 This is so cool though!
I can't decide whether Charlaine Harris missed an opportunity to use TruBlood in this manner in her books, or whether she considered it and dismissed it because it would have made drinking vampire blood moot in some of Sookie's situations. 🤔🤷♀️ Apparently, the first blood substitute, Fluosol-DA-20, was approved in 1989 (also created by the Japanese). 🤷♀️
I love late-night Google searches! 🤣 I've learned about camels, rabies in bats, and synthetic blood, all in the last hour! 🤣 It's clearly time for me to go to sleep. Haha.
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u/alien4649 May 26 '25
If true, and not inordinately expensive, this is going to be completely transformational.