The US military’s race to make fake blood
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The US military is developing artificial blood substitutes to address critical shortages during combat evacuations and emergency medical situations. In 2007, a medevac helicopter operating in Iraq highlighted the urgent need for blood products that can be stored longer and transported more easily than traditional blood supplies.
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Its call sign was Morphine 1-2. In February 2007, the hulking dual-rotor casualty evacuation helicopter had just flown three wounded soldiers to a field hospital in Balad, north of Baghdad, when another call came: an emergency mission to fly through an insurgent-controlled area in broad daylight. Typically, helicopters would be in a spot like…
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