Swine hemoglobin as a potential source of artificial oxygen carriers, hemoglobin-vesicles.

Hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs) have been developed as a transfusion alternative and oxygen therapy. The Hb source is usually outdated donated human blood or cow blood obtained from cattle industries because of its abundance. This study examined the feasibility of using swine Hb ((S)Hb) for preparation of cellular-type HBOCs, hemoglobin-vesicles (HbV).