27 April 2018 (Friday) - Artificial Blood ?

Artificially created red cells… specifically designed with very few (if any) antigenic sites… It would certainly make for much safer blood transfusions if it were possible.

It might just be according to this paper.

Mind you I was told (on my first week in the job) that artificial blood was only a year or so away, and realistically my retirement will come first.

However it is still an intriguing prospect.