Five cartoon vials of blood with a doctor holding a magnifying glass to one 

68491-1800x900-02-1

A man in a brown suit and purple button-down shirt

wyss-coray-lab-1

rando-photo-upgrade

untitled-design-2024-05-15t110013-261-1

A man in a suit holding an hourglass in front of a grandfather clock.

rubin-lee-copyright-harvard-2017-credit-kris-snibbe-harvard-university-original

A group of people standing on steps outside smiling

betterhumans-patient

A woman sitting in a chair getting a plasma infusion

Young blood rejuvenates aging organs in rodents. Researchers are studying the potential to use young blood-based treatments in aging humans too.

Young blood reverses aging in old organs

News

Allan Doctor wears a pink button-up shirt, lab coat, and glasses and holds up and looks at a rack of falcon tubes containing a red liquid. 

untitled-design-2023-01-13t130357-566-2

A test tube filled with blood spills onto a white surface. 

53408-ddn-article-image-blood

A headshot of Shinji Takeoka wearing a pinstripe button-up shirt, gray blazer, and glasses in front of greenery (left). A headshot of Hiromi Sakai wearing a light blue button-up shirt, a black blazer, and glasses in front of a bookshelf (right). 

untitled-design-2023-01-13t143344-779

The arm of a person dressed in a camouflage shirt  holds an inverted glass bottle containing a top layer of white powder and a bottom layer of orange liquid connecting to a transfusion tube. 

sen-gupta-2019-headshot

The massive hemoglobin protein of the tiny earthworm functions without a red blood cell. 

53308-ddn-article-image-don-t-worry

Four soldiers in camouflaged uniforms in a desert. One lays on their stomach, one kneels over another laying on their back, and one shields the sun with their hand and watches as a helicopter approaches.

screen-shot-2022-11-10-at-9-41-07-am-1

A headshot of Anirban Sen Gupta wearing a black sweater, gray blazer, and glasses against a blue background. 

Synthetic platelets can mimic the adhesion, aggregation, and stabilization mechanisms of the blood’s natural clotting process. 

ddn-coverstoryimages-erythromer-decjan-el-2p

The ErythroMer artificial red blood cell recapitulates the cell’s tunable oxygen affinity, iron reduction system, and nitric oxide diffusion barrier. 

Facing donor shortages and storage limitations, researchers are developing synthetic red blood cells, platelets, and plasma and combining them into artificial blood.

Making blood in the lab

1-0325-cover

March 2025

A blue x-ray style image of a human body is shown with the liver illuminated in orange against a dark blue background.  

untitled-design-2025-03-12t163253-386

cn-bio-logo-colour-300mm

CN Bio

Discover how researchers leverage microphysiological systems in toxicology studies. &nbsp;

Harnessing liver-on-a-chip models for drug safety

Webinars

A person wearing a white lab coat types on a laptop with various overlaid enlarged files shown with plus signs on file folders floating over the laptop screen with a clinical lab shown in the background in grey and white tones.

78041-1800x900-2

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Learn how researchers can improve compliance and efficiency with advanced LIMS solutions.

Enhancing bioanalytical studies with centralized data management

Whitepaper

A 3D-rendered digital illustration of a molecular structure floating among red blood cells in a bloodstream environment.

untitled-design-2025-03-11t120646-259

takara-bio-inc-logo-vector

Takara Bio

By offering a rich source of insights into disease and drugs, metabolite biomarkers are at the forefront of therapeutic exploration.

plasma

Young blood reverses aging in old organs

Making blood in the lab

Subscribe to our eNewsletters

Sponsored

Harnessing liver-on-a-chip models for drug safety

Enhancing bioanalytical studies with centralized data management

Explained: How are metabolite biomarkers improving drug discovery and development?

March 2025