Thursday, November 15, 2007

Menstrual blood could be a good source of stem cells

Source: CTV.ca, Canada
Date: November 15, 2007

Summary:

A small, recently published study has found that endometrial stem cells are still present in menstrual blood. Xiaolong Meng of the Bio-Communications Research Institute, a private research institute in Wichita, Kansas, has led a team who studied cells taken from the menstrual blood of two women. The researchers were able to develop menstrual blood cells into at least nine different cells, including heart, liver and lung cells.