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Blood substitute created from a protein extracted from sea worms

dr. dolittle | November 22, 2013

Researchers in Romania have created a blood substitute with oxygen-carrying capacity using a protein called hemerythrin isolated from sea worms. This blood substitute has shown promise in studies of mice.

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