Photo: Immediate treatment can save lives.From The BBC:
Scientists say they have made a synthetic blood-clotting agent that could help wounded troops and patients.
In the lab, the fake platelets cut bleeding in half compared with having no treatment.
They could offer doctors a limitless supply with a longer shelf life than fresh donor platelets, the journal Science Translational Medicine reports.
The Case Western Reserve University team in the US hopes the product could become available in coming years.
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My Comment: This is going to save many lives.
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