Source: Reuters
Posted: April 30, 2008 4:07pm EDT
Summary:
Reuters reports researchers successfully converted skin stem cells into heart and blood cells:
"A new type of powerful stem cell made from ordinary skin cells has been coaxed into becoming three different types of heart and blood cells in mice, U.S. researchers reported... They said they had made heart and blood cells from so-called induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells -- which are transformed skin cells that mimic the powers of embryonic stem cells. They said their finding, published in the journal Stem Cells Express, brings one step closer the possibility of using the cells to treat heart disease in humans."
