Eli5: Why can’t we produce “artificial” blood?

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Healthcare systems depend on blood donations, which are harmless for the donors because humans usually just reproduce blood and can repeat the process over and over. What about blood is so special that we can’t manufacture it in a lab or replace is with artificial blood?

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We are nearly able to do this. And here is a podcast all about it. https://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/futureproof-with-jonathan-mccrea/can-we-make-synthetic-blood

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