Monday, April 28, 2008

Tissue-specific Blood Stem Cell Line Established From Embryonic Stem Cells

Source: The Swedish Research Council
Date: April 28, 2008

Summary:

A research team at the Umeå Center for Molecular Medicine (UCMM) in Sweden, led by Professor Leif Carlsson, has managed to establish and isolate the tissue-specific stem cell that produces blood cells (blood stem cell) by using genetically modified embryonic stem cells.