Our lead product is an innovative solution to provide oxygen to tissues

We are developing a safe hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier (HBOC)

Our novel HBOC is designed to replace blood to deliver oxygen to tissues throughout the body, is blood type universal, can be stored at room temperature for months, and has minimal toxicity. 

The first safe HBOC

For more than 100 years researchers have pursued the “Holy Grail” of trauma medicine: a solution that would retain the key oxygen-carrying function of blood without significant toxicity or side effects. 20BLOC’s lead product will accomplish this.

Derived through specific modifications to hemoglobin, our HBOC is designed to carry oxygen through the blood stream much like hemoglobin in red blood cells, picking up oxygen from the lungs and dropping it off in the capillaries. However, our new HBOC has major advantages over blood.

Our HBOC product is stable and can be stored, ready for use, for months of time at room temperature, making it suitable for use by emergency responders and on the battlefield to treat acute trauma. The product also requires no blood-type matching, rendering it universally compatible. Additionally, our HBOC is carefully designed and purified to have minimal toxicity.

HOW TO USE OUR HBOC

FIRST RESPONSE

Treatment of traumatic blood loss from accidents, injuries, or battlefield wounds.

ORGAN PRESERVATION

Organs for transplant start to break down without a blood supply. Our HBOC can sustain organs for transplant, maintaining the organs in better condition for extended times, leading to improved outcomes from transplantation surgery.

OXYGEN THERAPY

Conditions such as anemia or ischemia are caused by lack of healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to tissues. Our HBOC can treat these conditions by increasing the capacity of the blood to carry oxygen.

BENEFIT OF OUR PRODUCT

INNOVATIVE & RELIABLE

Our HBOC works at the molecular level. We are developing it to be stable at room temperature for an extended period of time, improving availability for multiple applications.

UNIVERSAL

Since our product is an acellular hemoglobin derivative, it requires no blood type matching, and can be used universally with any blood type.

SCALABLE

Our manufacturing process combines decades of protein purification know-how with state-of-the-art manufacturing methods.

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