Comment on BLOOD IS BLOOD
cRazi_man@lemm.ee 1 week agoIt’s expensive and blood can only be stored for so long. Easiest to stick with compatible blood types.
There are also loads of other antigens in blood that can cause a reaction. These are just the commonly known ones. So blood should still be cross matched anyway if it isn’t an emergency.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 week ago
And, quite frankly, we actually are getting somewhat close to producible artificial blood, so there’s just not a whole lot of need for the investment.
And those artificial blood studies have DARPA money behind them.