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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!

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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.

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