Lugworms as blood donors.

Perhaps lugworms can solve answer to worldwide blood shortages.

Published on October 5, 2003 By MadIce In Pure Technology

Lugworms from a corner of France may hold the answer to worldwide blood shortages. Bizarrely, the blood of the sea worms bears a close biochemical resemblance to human blood and, if trials are successful, could be mass-produced and used for transfusions.

Comments

KarmaGirl

on Oct 22, 2003

Sea worms have blood like ours and sea slugs have brains like ours...what's next?

on Jan 15, 2004

are lugworms parasites

cayson main

on Jan 15, 2004

what did u say

cayson main

on Jan 15, 2004

what did u say

cayson main

on Jan 15, 2004

what did u say

cayson main

on Jan 15, 2004

what did u say

caycon cheves

on Jan 15, 2004

are lugworms parasites ya or na

loser 23

on Jan 15, 2004

nothing

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