Synthetic red blood cells mimic natural ones, and have new abilities (IMAGE)

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Synthetic red blood cells mimic natural ones, and have new abilities

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Artificial red blood cells, like the one shown here, could carry oxygen, therapeutic drugs and other cargo in the bloodstream. Scale bar, 2 μm.

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Adapted from <i>ACS Nano</i> <b>2020</b>, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b08714

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