IVF Embryos Used as Synthetic Blood

IVF embryos used as Synthetic Blood. Another new discovery is reaping the controversy. Scientists have successfully created synthetic blood that could be used for all blood groups from IVF embryos aged less than four days.

The invention of synthetic blood is indeed not the first, because previously existing manufacture of synthetic blood that comes from the baby's cord.

For this time, researchers in England using 100 embryos reserve (spare-embryos) are not utilized in IVF fertilization process. Because the embryos derived from aged less than four days, researchers can get a universal blood type. Blood type is O-negative is the faction, which is only found in 7 percent of the entire human population.

The researcher received permission from the owner to use the embryos that embryos are not used in the manufacture of synthetic darag. As is known in the manufacture of IVF embryos are usually created more than one as a backup while only one is inserted into the uterus.

Blood is said to be a universal donor because it can be transfused into anyone without any risk of clotting. Clotting normally occurs when the blood group will be transfused with blood type incompatible recipients.

Projects worth £ 3 million is funded by the Wellcome Trust. If successful, the researchers have hoped to produce in large scale ie 2 million blood bags per year so that it can overcome the scarcity of blood donors in the UK.

Was to be expected, projects initiated since last year is certainly provoke controversy. One opinion comes from the director of Campaign for Reproductive Ethics, Josephine Quintavalle who oppose the use of tissue taken from embryos.

Synthetic blood developed in this project is rumored to have been eligible for clinical trials. Tests will be conducted on humans will be conducted within five years.