Blood substitutes: a review of the literature 1997-1998.
Blood substitutes are oxygen-carrying plasma expanders intended to be used instead of blood. Their development is a long-standing quest and seen as being one of the several most important prizes of biotechnology. Their value, both in the clinic and market place, is virtually limitless. Most of the emphasis today, both in research and development, is on hemoglobin-containing solutions, although modern perfluorocarbon emulsions have considerable advantage over the first-generation products.
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