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Podcast: What Next | Daily News and Analysis
Episode: Could Artificial Blood Save Lives?
Description: Blood has a very short shelf life, even under the best of conditionsāand you can picture the less-than-ideal conditions where blood is frequently neededāwhich is why scientists have been working on a blood alternative. The results are promising.
Guest: Nicky Twilley, host of āGastropodā podcast and author of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet and Ourselves.
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