Friday
May062011
Synthetic blood saves life of JW
Friday, May 6, 2011 at 6:15AM
"Tamara Coakley, 33, rejected a life-saving conventional blood transfusion because of her Jehovah’s Witness faith despite being close to death.But in a world’s first procedure, a synthetic blood substitute made from cow plasma was used to revive the patient just as her heart was failing through severe blood loss.The success of the procedure could help combat the worldwide blood supply shortage."
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