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Artificial Blood Substitutes: First Steps on the Long Route to Clinical Utility [PDF]
Clinical Medicine Insights: Blood Disorders, 2016 The 21st century is challenging for human beings. Increased population growth, population aging, generation of new infectious agents, and natural disasters are some threatening factors for the current state of blood transfusion.
Samira Moradi +2 more
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Hemoglobin-Based Blood Substitutes and the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease: More Harm than Help? [PDF]
Biomolecules, 2017 Intense efforts have been made by both industry and academia over the last three decades to produce viable hemoglobin (Hb)-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs), also known as “blood substitutes”.
Abdu I. Alayash
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Nanobiotechnology and blood substitutes
Asian Journal of Transfusion Science, 2011 Sir, Nanobiotechnology is the assembling of biological molecules into 1–100 nm dimensions. These dimensions can be the diameter of nanodimension artificial cells or particles; membranes with nanodimension thickness or nanotubules with nanodimension diameter.[1] Since red blood cell (RBC) membrane includes blood group antigens, typing and matching ...
Saini Rajiv +2 more
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Engineering Synthetic Erythrocytes as Next‐Generation Blood Substitutes [PDF]
Advanced Functional MaterialsBlood scarcity is one of the main causes of healthcare disruptions worldwide, with blood shortages occurring at an alarming rate. Over the last decades, blood substitutes have aimed at reinforcing the supply of blood, with several products (e.g ...
Francisca L Gomes +2 more
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Acceptability of blood and blood substitutes [PDF]
Journal of Internal Medicine, 2008 Alternatives to donor blood have been developed in part to meet increasing demand. However, new biotechnologies are often associated with increased perceptions of risk and low acceptance. This paper reviews developments of alternatives and presents data,
Townsend, E. +5 more
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Resuscitation After Hemorrhagic Shock in the Microcirculation: Targeting Optimal Oxygen Delivery in the Design of Artificial Blood Substitutes [PDF]
Frontiers in Medicine, 2020 Microcirculatory preservation is essential for patient recovery from hemorrhagic shock. In hemorrhagic shock, microcirculatory flow and pressure are greatly reduced, creating an oxygen debt that may eventually become irreversible.
Carlos Munoz +5 more
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Artificial Blood: The History and Current Perspectives of Blood Substitutes. [PDF]
Discoveries (Craiova), 2020 Blood transfusions are one of the most common procedures performed in hospitalized patients. Yet, despite all of the measures taken to ensure the safety of the blood supply, there are known risks associated with transfusions, including infectious and ...
Khan F, Singh K, Friedman MT.
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Research progress and future of red blood cell substitutes
Zhongguo shuxue zazhi, 2022 This paper briefly reviewed blood substitutes, focusing on the background, history of research and development(R&D), types, functions, characteristics, the indications that will be mainly targeted in clinical, and their special status and role in the ...
Jiaxin LIU, Chengmin YANG
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Blood Substitutes Used in Dentistry and OMFS: Systematic Review
Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied SciencesPerioperative blood loss during dental and oral and maxillofacial surgical (OMFS) procedures often necessitates red blood cell (RBC) transfusion. However, associated risks, cost, and supply limitations have prompted the exploration of alternatives and ...
Rajshree Borah +6 more
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