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awesomeideas t1_ivexoys wrote
>The bulk of blood transfusions will always rely on people regularly rolling up their sleeve to donate.
—The Guardian
>You're crazy if you think this fool contraption you've been wasting your time on will ever displace the horse.
—Alexander Winton's banker, advising against cars
Phoenix5869 OP t1_ivivjyi wrote
Electricity? That will never catch on! Whats wrong with gas lamps and candles?
HumanSeeing t1_ivops50 wrote
Yea, that "Will always" line is just laughable.
JackFisherBooks t1_ivep1hk wrote
Vampire jokes aside, this is a remarkable development and a necessary one. Blood shortages cost lives every year. Having something we can mass produce will save a lot of people. That's worth any number of vampire jokes.
iNstein t1_ivdjytm wrote
Vampires rejoice...
existentialzebra t1_ivf96r6 wrote
True Blood intro intensifies
Quealdlor t1_ivgu879 wrote
In one manga series, a vampire says she doesn't need to bite people anymore, because she can order (lab-grown) blood from Amazon, which she stores in her fridge. He even freezes it and eats it like ice-cream. She stated that living in the past was very inconvenient and she disliked biting people. She's grateful for modern conveniences.
I hope this innovation will spread quickly, because it would be very helpful. There's a shortage of blood after all. I await a future when no one needs to donate blood.
AsuhoChinami t1_ivi9y80 wrote
lol. I love Sophie Twilight. She's soothing and has the prettiest eyes.
GreatDealzz t1_ive4trq wrote
Ok it’s good but wait seems that it’s only red blood cells that are being affected… IIRC (I’m not a scientist) there’s also the plasma which contains important… stuff. So we still need to harvest the blood!
Hourglasspony t1_iveneep wrote
The second sentence of the article sums it up nicely. “The bulk of blood transfusions will always rely on people regularly rolling up their sleeve to donate.” Thus was never intended to replace blood donations completely as it’s way more expensive, but intended only for rare blood types.
PolarsGaming t1_ivjy2g9 wrote
Always why?
Sandbar101 t1_ivepcwh wrote
Look out he’s gonna morb!
Black_RL t1_iveyvre wrote
Science/tech is such an amazing thing! This is great!
SorenLain t1_ivfbqd3 wrote
This is great news but on my front page the article above this one is about people selling their blood to make enough money to survive and now I don't know what to feel.
ihateshadylandlords t1_ivd9tih wrote
I really hope this trial works out and we can eradicate blood diseases and have all the blood we could ever want/need.
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