Japanese Researchers Create Infinite Red Blood Cell Supply In Mice
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
A team of Japanese researchers says it has discovered a way to use embryonic stem cells from mice to produce an indefinite supply of functional red blood cells. The work reported in the journal Plos One is seen as opening the possibility of eliminating shortages of human blood supplies. The Riken BioResource Center team had grown red blood cells from stem cells taken from human bone marrow, but those cells have a limited life span. Work is now being done on trying to create the cells from human somatic cells. (Click here for more