Source: Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Date: July 14, 2011
Summary:
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have developed an improved technique for generating large numbers of blood cells from a patient's own cells. The new technique will be immediately useful in further stem cell studies, and when perfected, could be used in stem cell therapies for a wide variety of conditions including cancers and immune ailments. The report is published in the July edition of the journal Stem Cells.
