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Despite Danger, FDA Sanctioned Artificial Blood Studies  

Posted Apr 28, 08 1:50 PM CDT in Science & Health    Editor's Choice

(newser) – The Food and Drug Administration repeatedly approved experiments using artificial blood despite data showing the products to be dangerous, the Washington Post reports. Investigators from the National Institutes of Health found heart attack risk tripled and death increased by 30% for subjects in 16 studies testing five kinds of artificial blood, which, it is hoped, will ultimately provide alternative transfusions.

"They already had data that these products could cause heart attacks and evidence that they could kill," an NIH researcher said. "It didn't matter what type of patient you studied. The result was similar regardless of the company that manufactured the product or the chemical characteristics of the individual products.”

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Despite Danger, FDA Sanctioned Artificial Blood Studies
The US Food and Drug Administration approved studies using artificial blood though the products nearly tripled the risk for heart attacks and boosted the chances of dying by 30 percent.   (KRT Photos)
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The US Food and Drug Administration approved studies using artificial blood though the products nearly tripled the risk for heart attacks and boosted the chances of dying by 30 percent.   (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)
Despite Danger, FDA Sanctioned Artificial Blood Studies
The US Food and Drug Administration approved studies using artificial blood though the products nearly tripled the risk for heart attacks and boosted the chances of dying by 30 percent.   (Magnum Photos)
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