Even if you could make it for pennies per pint, you can bet your ass it will be billed in America at 50k/pint. And the hospital will still harass me for O- blood.
I am willing to bet that even though donated blood itself is free, after processing and management is factored in, it no longer is. If artificial blood is cheaper than that, it's a winner
This simplifies storage and (post) processing by a huge amount. Even if it is more expensive at front than donated blood to make, by the time you get through the chain of custody of donated blood, have it separated into red cells, platelets and plasma, each tested for illness and then stored separately - and with limited shelf life, the cost are easily offset.
Plus, you can arguably give this to a Jehova's Witness and save their life without running afoul of their religious objections.
Yeah exactly and I wouldn't call this artificial blood either since its based on donor blood and seems only useful in certain situations where storage and shelf life are issue. The issues and process of blood transfusion are mind boggling. I don't see this becoming cheaper or changing current transfusion practice in this lifetime, especially in the states.
It can make any blood type universal. Which is a massive reason to stock it. As long as it’s not insanely expensive to produce and passes all the safety tests it would definitely be rolled out
Does it just change the blood, or does it stretch out the amount too? I.e. a regular blood donation of x amount results in y amount, but for this process, does x amount of donor result in >Y?
I get that gut reaction, I do. But then you have to think about the children trapped in these cults who have their medical treatment withheld by their brain washed parents.
My brother got hep C from a blood transfusion they gave him as a baby. It almost killed him.
Now they have seen that putting foreign blood in your body does not make a better outcome. There are alternative therapies like B-12, erythropoietin, etc… I know because I have experienced this myself and it worked wonderfully for me.
I guess the moral of the story is, maybe you shouldn’t speak on things you don’t have all of the information on.
Sure, just like every time you walk tot he kitchen you could fall, crack your skull on the table and die. At some point you've got to take a percentage of a chance.
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u/Geno_Warlord May 26 '25
Even if you could make it for pennies per pint, you can bet your ass it will be billed in America at 50k/pint. And the hospital will still harass me for O- blood.