Dracula may have a square meal at last.
Researchers in China believe they have found a way to produce and harvest large quantities of human serum albumin (HSA) -- a blood protein that is widely used in drug and vaccine production -- from ordinary grains of rice.
“It looks like an interesting technological step forward,” Dr. Richard J. Benjamin, chief medical officer for the American National Red Cross, told FoxNews.com. “It could potentially produce large quantities in a reasonable time.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/10/31/blood-from-stone-no-blood-from-rice-sure/
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