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banjaxedW t1_ivfhmzq wrote

Reply to comment by Rdizzlefohshizzle in Lab-grown blood given to people in world-first clinical trial by TailsxCream4Eva

TlTl;drdr

We made special blood and gave it to people. Could be good could be bad.

Someone shorten this further for me

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goosebattle t1_ivfixgb wrote

Can't shorten, but ELI5:

Nice scientists grew a lot of blood out of a little bit of blood. They gave this blood to people who don't have enough blood. The scientists are waiting to see if the blood they grew will help the people they gave it to.

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Rdizzlefohshizzle t1_ivfjwx0 wrote

>Nice scientists grew a lot of blood out of a little bit of blood.

I'd like to argue it's more like: nice scientists grew special blood from normal blood.

It's unclear how much blood they could produce from the blood they recieved. The beauty of it is that it is blood that is supposed to be more easily accepted in patients with high requirements for a blood transfusion.

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gianniks t1_ivfip2w wrote

TLTLTL;DRDRDR Fake blood make reddit go brr

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frenabo t1_ivgkjub wrote

TLTLTL;DRDRDR:

Made blood. Might work.

Make shorter please.

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jaycuboss t1_ivhqu85 wrote

Gave lab blood to humans, very expensive. Maybe cheaper some day?

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Narberal_Delta t1_ivhut0d wrote

Doesn't matter at the moment, they're still in the test phase seeing how it interacts with the human body, we're not even up to actual transfusions yet. They have to get over that hurdle before we're talking wide scale use so how much they can produce efficiently isn't the #1 priority right now.

If it causes anaphylactic reactions, doesn't clot or has other negative side effects it's a dead end, go back to the drawing board.

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