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It’s actually an expert recycler. It breaks down those old red blood cells and recovers valuable iron, which then gets reused to make brand new red blood cells. Talk about sustainability.

Old red blood cells create bilirubin as a by-product when they break down at the end of their life cycle. The liver processes bilirubin and other waste products, and conjugates, or binds it, to ...

Nicola Twilley reports on ErythroMer and the N.H.S-funded RESTORE trial, which use a synthetic nanoparticle and lab-grown cells, respectively, to replicate some of the qualities of blood.