Season 1 · Episode 59 Recent

Can we copy our blood?

Fri, Dec 23, 2022

The search for artificial blood that could solve several problems, such as anemia, the risk of disease transmission, and the scarcity of different blood types, began in the 1960s with the belief in perfluorocarbons as a potential solution. However, the challenge of replacing all the functions of blood cells simultaneously proved practically impossible.