In addition, the lab-grown blood cells may hold up for longer than donor blood, said chief investigator Cedric Ghevaert, a professor in transfusion medicine at the University of Cambridge.

3d rendering red blood cells in vein. getty. Efforts to develop lab-grown blood cells for blood transfusions may soon materialize. Since 2021, the National Health Service (NHS) in the United ...

Two people were given lab-grown blood developed from stem cells as part of a clinical trial. It’s a step toward a new way to produce blood for people with rare blood types.