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The US military’s race to make fake blood
MIT Technology ReviewWednesday, October 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Its call sign was Morphine 1-2. In February 2007, the hulking dual-rotor casualty evacuation helicopter had just flown three wounded soldiers to a field hospital in Balad, north of Baghdad, when another call came: an emergency mission to fly through an insurgent-controlled area…
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- Technology shifts change how people work, communicate, and build — often faster than policy can follow. Its call sign was Morphine 1-2. In February 2007, the hulking dual-rotor casualty evacuation helicopter had just flown three wounded soldiers to a field hospital in Balad, north of Baghdad, when another call came: an emergency mission to fly through an insurgent-controlled area… Secondary effects may show up in markets and supply chains linked to Technology.
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Its call sign was Morphine 1-2. In February 2007, the hulking dual-rotor casualty evacuation helicopter had just flown three wounded soldiers to a field hospital in Balad, north of Baghdad, when another call came: an emergency mission to fly through an insurgent-controlled area…
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Technology shifts change how people work, communicate, and build — often faster than policy can follow.
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