Millimetre-sized mesoporous carbon spheres (MMCSs) with smooth surfaces and penetrating mesoporous channels have been successfully prepared using an emulsion-EISA technique. Jianlin Shi and fellow scientists in Shanghai, China have found them to be much better bilirubin adsorbents than activated carbon spheres that are commercially available . Hemolysis and coagulation assays of MMCSs show that they have negligible hemolysis effect and do not induce blood coagulation, which means that they may be very promising for applications in practical blood perfusion.
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