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Fake blood in Indian market

August 25, 2009 posted by indiatime |

Exactly a year ago, scientists in the west published research about manufacturing blood cells from embryonic stem cells, filling up tubes of rare blood types from scratch. A year later, scientists from Australia are speaking about another breakthrough where they have now built glow-in-the-dark red blood cells from stem cells. Most western scientists envision a time within the next decade, when an endless supply of blood would be made available, simply by manufacturing needed types of blood in the lab, ending the blood donation scene as we know it today.

Indians are not far behind. In fact, not just the Indian scientists, but even ordinary crooks in India have progresses much beyond most western scientists. Police in Lucknow, UP, has hit upon an artificial blood bank facility that has been manufacturing fake blood for last more than 3 years. It is estimated that over a hundred thousands units of blood has already been distributed into the nation’s blood supply from these artificial or fake blood manufacturing facilities. The perpetrator scientists at the facility had been collecting and mixing up blood from every possible source - beggars, animals, drug addicts, HIV+ve patients, and professional donors. Plus the blood is never tested, just mixed and distributed, finding its way into the unsuspecting hospitals and clinics.

So far, the police has only nabbed some junior ’scientific officers’ at this lab. The senior perpetrators, it seems, have slipped away. There have been several other recent arrests related to blood donation rackets, that thrive on the 9 million units demand for blood in India.

In other news, a kid in Rajasthan state was critical after being forced to donate blood on the birth anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. The blood donation camp is said to have been organized by a politician from Rajiv Gandhi’s Congress party.


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