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To: mooter775 who wrote (19118)4/9/2000 4:37:00 PM
From: Zeev Hed  Read Replies (2) of 27311
 
**OT**mooter, the blood substitute segment has sunk a lot of good capital in it. In the mid 70', Green Cross (A major Japanese outfit) had a family of oxygen bearing (dissolving) fluorocarbons under test, "ready to be marketed" and many other companies have continued on this path. ALLP is in essence continuing with improved formulations of those early "crude" compounds.

One of the hidden problems with bovine derived substitute is the fear (maybe baseless) that pathogens much smaller than viruses (prions), could be transmitted into the blood supply. The problem with prios is that currently, you cannot detect them with any easy off the shelf test, you cannot even culture them, yet, some believe they are at the base of "Mad cow" disease and it some of its debilitating forms in humans. It will be an intereting story to follow.

Zeev
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