Have you donated blood? Less than 5% of Australians donate blood annually, but a donation can be lifesaving. This week, Rosie discusses the work being done by researchers around the world to try and create blood without the need for donors. In our SNPit, Ash introduces us to the weird and wonderful world of lab-produced milk, and how it could change the future of farming.


Read more about blood transfusions and how how scientists are tackling limited blood availability at the links below:

• Blood lust: The early history of transfusion
• What is the history of blood transfusion?
• Artificial blood: Unsolvable biological puzzle or soon to be reality?
• Platelet bioreactor-on-a-chip
• Platelet biogenesis

Interested in lab grown milk? More information below!

• What's wrong with dairy?
• Milk's impact on the environment
• Perfect day foods
• TurtleTree labs
• Milk grown in a lab is humane and sustainable. But can it catch on?
• Milk minus the cows? Meet the Singapore start-up using stem cells to make milk
• Got impossible milk? The quest for lab-made dairy

Music:

AhDah Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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