Sangria - making blood!!!

[Uncle Gizmo]

First ever clinical trial of laboratory grown red blood cells being transfused into another person

Red blood cells that have been grown in a laboratory have now been transfused into another person in a world first clinical trial.

www.nhsbt.nhs.uk

I didn't "get" the 'transfused into another person statement' - but what they mean is it is created from other people's T Cells...

 

[The_Doc_Man]

The trick is that the cells have to be of the right type to be transfused, but by growing them in a lab, they are likely to be healthier due to not having been exposed to viruses and bacterial sources. Here, I'm a little out of my subject, but I believe that T-cells do not have the typical A/B/AB/O typing inherently, so they could grow any kind of blood you wanted based on how you set it all up. Which would eventually lead to far fewer blood shortages after a catastrophe, natural disaster, etc.