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Blood Substitutes
Studies from Brussels Free University yield new information about blood substitutes
June 18th, 2009
"Hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs) were initially developed to provide an alternative to blood transfusion," researchers in Brussels, Belgium report. "With the realization that hemoglobin solutions not only are red blood cell substitutes but also have a number of additional properties, including hemodynamic effects related to their oncotic and nitric oxide-scavenging effects, the broader concept of ''hemoglobin therapeutics'' was born. Promising effects on oxygen transport and the microcirculation need to be confirmed, and the results of studies with newer, second-generation HBOCs are eagerly awaited," wrote J. Creteur and colleagues, Brussels Free...
Source: Blood Weekly (2009-06-18)
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