Optimism about near term approval of oxygen carriers has decreased recently due to poor result from a number of clinical trials.
Considering that the described oxygen carriers do not contain these enzymes, this application could cause increased ischaemia-reperfusion injury in certain conditions.
The "red bloods" made with reconstituted hemoglobin are generally regarded as superior oxygen carriers.
Chemical looping uses a metal oxide as a solid oxygen carrier.
Ideally, manufactured oxygen carriers would allow transfusions in places like battlefields and ambulances where traditional blood supplies are unavailable.
As a result, LFFC performance can also be improved by not using aqueous oxygen carriers.
Artificial oxygen carriers are man-made substances that can do the work of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein in your blood.
Though its function is not known, it is believed to be a supplemental oxygen carrier.
Blood substitutes such as hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers are in development.
Unlike hemocyanin and hemoglobin, hemovanadin is not an oxygen carrier.