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Re:Japanese Scientists Develop Artificial Blood Compatible w... by Semaphor on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @01:16AM (#44166534)
I think the question was why whoever picked it up didn’t do anything with it, which points towards it not just being an issue of incompetence, but maybe an underlying issue of the technology.
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Re:Japanese Scientists Develop Artificial Blood Compatible w... by consp on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @01:29AM (#44166637)
Or a commercial blood bank bought it. Since this was based on cow hemoglobin and thus a thread to their business model.
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Re:Japanese Scientists Develop Artificial Blood Compatible w... by marcus_holmes on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @01:47AM (#44166762)
Or a patent troll, who are now busy working out how they can sue the Japanese scientists.
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Re:Japanese Scientists Develop Artificial Blood Compatible w... by londons_explore on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @05:06AM (#44167925)
It's super common for UP to be sold for $1 to someone who has no intention to use it, just to have a larger defensive IP portfolio.
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