Artificial Blood Experiment Hits 27 U.S. Cities

Firecat · July 8th, 2006, 03:26 PM

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/...cal_blood.html

Polyheme sounds very promising. But should they use it without consent?

Viper007Bond · July 9th, 2006, 04:43 AM

Nothing new I don't think and I think it's pretty retarded that you don't consent. Luckily it's not here.

cvrefugee · July 9th, 2006, 07:11 AM

Ultraviolet?

BerserkerCatSplat · July 9th, 2006, 07:24 AM

I'm not sure you all realize how important a viable blood replacement is for the EMT's of the world. This is a goddamn breakthrough! I'm more interested in the development than some people whining while it's out saving lives.

jetsetter · July 9th, 2006, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by BerserkerCatSplat

I'm not sure you all realize how important a viable blood replacement is for the EMT's of the world. This is a goddamn breakthrough! I'm more interested in the development than some people whining while it's out saving lives.

Bingo. You get it.

Viper007Bond · July 9th, 2006, 09:51 AM

Because there are some possible negative side effects and some people have actually died from it.

zenkidori · July 10th, 2006, 06:53 AM

it's a step in the right direction...

jayjaya29 · July 16th, 2006, 03:29 AM

Wow, an artifical blood is a big step in the right directions. Although I would not like something like that to happen to me, sacrifices must be made sometimes to get somewhere.

phrenzy · July 21st, 2006, 04:00 PM

what is even cooler than this is that it is not just a stepin the right direction for blood and plasma replacement it is the first step towards hugely more efficient blood replacements. I believe they are called resprcytes.

basically it is a blood replacement that is thousands of times more efficient at carrying oxygen.

youcould run a 100m meter dash without takinga breath or sit onthebottomof a pool for hours at a time. the theory for these things iswell established and is championed by people like drexler and kurzweil.

the future is now, I amwillingto give up m fragile carbon based body for amuch more advance carbon nano tube based one.

tie me off I want a hit of that.

jayjaya29 · July 21st, 2006, 08:18 PM

^^ Good point.

Going to have the be careful and maybe start testing for it in sports and the like since it would give you such a great advantage.

geoff_a_pult · July 22nd, 2006, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Because there are some possible negative side effects and some people have actually died from it.

It's one of the terrible problems people in the medical profession have to face. It may cause the death of several people yet at the same time save the lives of more others who would have died. I certainly don't know if in that situation the correct moral choice is to use the new product, but it is something to think about-
Is provoking the death of several people right if it saves the lives of a much greater number of people? And how much greater must that number of people be (I certainly think it isn't 1-1)?

BerserkerCatSplat · July 22nd, 2006, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by jayjaya29

^^ Good point.

Going to have the be careful and maybe start testing for it in sports and the like since it would give you such a great advantage.

Wow, good thought there... damn "athletes"! images/smilies/lol.gif

But yeah, hook me up with some techno-blood! images/smilies/mrgreen.gif

phrenzy · July 22nd, 2006, 11:07 AM

I was reading up on it and people were predicting people being able to spend days under water with hand held scuba tanks. the fact of the matter is that almost everywhere around ther world there is a massive shortage of blood. people can go through massive amounts for severe but otherwise not live threatning trauma's.

the highest moral imperative for any person should be the preservation of humanlife, all other thoughts are or should be secondary. The use of a synthetic replacement for any biological material should be treated with caution but if you have a pair of 2 inch holes through your stonach from a work site accident or have punctured an artery then you will beglad that you can live to complain about it.

there is prescious little that you can do to avert progress like this all you can do it rally together to try and push technologys advance in the right direction. I certainly think that this cleaner more avialible reliable replacement for a basic human nescicity is a good first step.

mojo_786 · July 29th, 2006, 03:50 PM

O.. Wow

im actually surprized after reading all ur replies (i didnt really get waht the article was saying so yeah). Anyways, it does sound amazing. and yeah it is a MAJOR step forward. Hopefully it works out. imagine how many lives it will save. Finally some good news after awhlie.

At the same time tho. this is just the beginning step. We need to discover alot more before we can actually start using this. Whatever the case i hope they find the missing pieces needed for this BreakThrough to actually start saving lives.

July 8th, 2006, 03:26 PM	#1
Firecat Politically Charged Joined: Mar 23rd, 2005 Last Online: 06:33 PM Posts: 3,610 Rep Power: 27	Artificial Blood Experiment Hits 27 U.S. Cities http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/...cal_blood.html Polyheme sounds very promising. But should they use it without consent? __________________

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Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 01:29 PM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 234	Nothing new I don't think and I think it's pretty retarded that you don't consent. Luckily it's not here. __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

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BerserkerCatSplat Hormone Induced Joined: Jun 21st, 2005 Last Online: 07:08 PM Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 5,778 Car: Pimpmobile Rep Power: 68	I'm not sure you all realize how important a viable blood replacement is for the EMT's of the world. This is a goddamn breakthrough! I'm more interested in the development than some people whining while it's out saving lives. __________________ OSPhoto

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Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: 01:29 PM Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,988 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 234	Because there are some possible negative side effects and some people have actually died from it. __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

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zenkidori Banned For Trolling Joined: Jun 12th, 2005 Last Online: November 15th, 2007 Location: A mile high...and then some Posts: 4,809 Car: RX-7, Jeep Cherokee Rep Power: 0	it's a step in the right direction...

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phrenzy Joined: Jun 6th, 2006 Last Online: August 10th, 2006 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	what is even cooler than this is that it is not just a stepin the right direction for blood and plasma replacement it is the first step towards hugely more efficient blood replacements. I believe they are called resprcytes. basically it is a blood replacement that is thousands of times more efficient at carrying oxygen. youcould run a 100m meter dash without takinga breath or sit onthebottomof a pool for hours at a time. the theory for these things iswell established and is championed by people like drexler and kurzweil. the future is now, I amwillingto give up m fragile carbon based body for amuch more advance carbon nano tube based one. tie me off I want a hit of that. __________________ I own an alfa, talking about synchro mesh is just mean.

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jayjaya29 Joined: Mar 18th, 2005 Last Online: 05:18 AM Location: Lindenhurst, NY Age: 20 Posts: 4,822 Car: 2000 Nissan Altima Rep Power: 20	^^ Good point. Going to have the be careful and maybe start testing for it in sports and the like since it would give you such a great advantage. __________________ Check out my Gallery. Check out my Car.

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phrenzy Joined: Jun 6th, 2006 Last Online: August 10th, 2006 Posts: 20 Rep Power: 0	I was reading up on it and people were predicting people being able to spend days under water with hand held scuba tanks. the fact of the matter is that almost everywhere around ther world there is a massive shortage of blood. people can go through massive amounts for severe but otherwise not live threatning trauma's. the highest moral imperative for any person should be the preservation of humanlife, all other thoughts are or should be secondary. The use of a synthetic replacement for any biological material should be treated with caution but if you have a pair of 2 inch holes through your stonach from a work site accident or have punctured an artery then you will beglad that you can live to complain about it. there is prescious little that you can do to avert progress like this all you can do it rally together to try and push technologys advance in the right direction. I certainly think that this cleaner more avialible reliable replacement for a basic human nescicity is a good first step. __________________ I own an alfa, talking about synchro mesh is just mean.

July 29th, 2006, 03:50 PM	#14
mojo_786 Joined: Nov 13th, 2005 Last Online: October 16th, 2007 Location: Richmond Hill, Ontario Age: 20 Posts: 472 Car: Mazda Protege Rep Power: 13	O.. Wow im actually surprized after reading all ur replies (i didnt really get waht the article was saying so yeah). Anyways, it does sound amazing. and yeah it is a MAJOR step forward. Hopefully it works out. imagine how many lives it will save. Finally some good news after awhlie. At the same time tho. this is just the beginning step. We need to discover alot more before we can actually start using this. Whatever the case i hope they find the missing pieces needed for this BreakThrough to actually start saving lives.

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