How Future Blood Shortages Could Be Solved in the Lab | WSJ

The coronavirus pandemic led to shortages in the blood supply across the U.S. Scientists around the world are working on a potential solution. The Future of Everything looks at the process of making artificial blood. Illustration: Timothy Wong

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[chaoticrealm]

How does keeping the Megakaryocytes moving lead to them making even more platelets? I know this isn't a technical video, but this really was glossed over.

[jessetorres]

If we ever entered a vampire apocalypse like the film Daybreakers, this will be most helpful.

[zeryphex]

I donate blood, every two months.
I am O+ type.

[Nicolas-uujr]

thank you that Japanese person who tried these, hope you are well :D

[ericdougherty]

Im a little confused, this video report went from discussing how a blood shortage is encouraging the development of synthesized blood to: they can make platelets. Platelets and blood are two very different things. Humans can donate platelets much more often then blood, however it requires a special machine that isnt available at most blood drives. Since the video doesnt bother to discuss the second half of this subject, I guess we have to just assume theyll fix the blood shortage another way

[aarononeal]

The wallstreet journal needs to do a video about ecosia they are a search engine that plants trees with their profits

[chineduokafor]

So no transfusion reactions and no issues with HLA ?

[chessknight]

This is super important medical research

[luiscarlosrodriguezsancho]

The title should be about plts not blood.
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[TheLiamster]

One of my biggest fears is needing a blood transfusion or an organ transplant and there is none available.

[crashweaverda]

10 years ago a company was making big gains in this field. When I finaly decided to buy there stock big pharma beet me to it and they were gone.

[adamsmith]

Blood volume expanders have been available for decades.

[JamesLee-lffr]

Why just platelets? as blood have more than just platelets.

[Je.rone_]

We need to start farming people....








This Is a joke, a dark joke perhaps but a joke nonetheless

[rizkylumempouw]

If Vampires exist, humans and vampires can sure co-exist peacefully due to this

[allstar]

Why don't you name the researchers, especially the ones who made the 2006 breakthrough?

[apscoinscurrenciesmore]

Who's gonna volunteer for some artificial blood fresh out of the lab

[EricPham-grpg]

Sea water and egg cell could help create artificial blood

[krishnachaitanya]

Can they defend simple cold... I doubt it

[Cps]

Why people stop donating blood?

Simple, because even though they donate for free. You still need to buy it in the hospital if you needed it.