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#1 Robin_Hoodlum Jul 18, 2010 13:18:24	Interesting and very cool! www.strategypage.com/htmw/htatrit/articl...
#2 williamhm75 Jul 18, 2010 13:24:52	Interesting and very cool! www.strategypage.com/htmw/htatrit/articl... and very good.  With you being so conservative i thought you'd be against any kind of stem cell research.
#3 Robin_Hoodlum Jul 18, 2010 13:43:47	Interesting and very cool! www.strategypage.com/htmw/htatrit/articl...   With you being so conservative i thought you'd be against any kind of stem cell research. This is a thread about the wonders of science in the medical field. Not my personal politics.
#4 oxybe Jul 18, 2010 14:08:07	so we have artificial limbs, artificial organs, artificial intelligence and now artificial blood. i now just need a way to put all 4 together and i'll finally have my own golem.
#5 EscherEnigma Jul 18, 2010 14:10:28	Interesting.  I'm curious about the shelf life of this artificial blood.  If it's similar to that of natural blood (4 weeks, according to the article) then I don't see the immediate benefit unless they can bring the cost down.  As I understand it, one of the main problems is that the need for blood is often unpredictable, so you have to stay fully stocked at all times just in case which results in a lot of wasted blood. Or is it that this stuff really can be made on demand quickly enough that you dont' have to stock it first?
#6 EscherEnigma Jul 18, 2010 14:11:14	so we have [...] artificial intelligence [...] Known to blonds as "hair dye".
#7 Robin_Hoodlum Jul 18, 2010 15:42:52	so we have [...] artificial intelligence [...] Known to blonds as "hair dye". Ahhhh... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
#8 williamhm75 Jul 18, 2010 16:28:25	so we have artificial limbs, artificial organs, artificial intelligence and now artificial blood. i now just need a way to put all 4 together and i'll finally have my own golem. Eh none of them are very far along yet.  We need a lot more work on each of them.  Hopefully the projects continue to get the funding they need.
#9 Mad_Jack Jul 18, 2010 19:56:49	Well, given the large number of different blood types in the human race, I'm sure that for a lot of them being able to grow the blood on demand, no matter how fast, will make it much easier to have that type on hand when needed - The large amounts of blood used in emergencies (especially large-scale things like disaster relief) usually results in shortages for months afterward, which is probably where the grown blood will end up being most useful. Grown blood won't be dependent on the vagarities of how often people with rare or more useful blood types choose to donate. Personally, I'm seeing this being most effectively used as a way to supplement human donation rather than an attempt to make it obsolete. Although, in another century or so, ya never know...
#10 EscherEnigma Jul 18, 2010 20:12:26	Hrm... didn't think of that, Jack.  Being used to restock after emergencies, rather then for maintaining the supply.  Yeah, I can see that.
#11 zammm Jul 19, 2010 0:22:39	It'll need to be significantly cheaper before the vampires will be willing to come out of hiding.
#12 pluisjen Jul 19, 2010 3:57:13	Interesting. I wonder how long it'll take before it's available for civilian use.
#13 boraxe Jul 19, 2010 8:29:24