Genetic code of red blood cells discovered
Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 17:50
in Health & Medicine
Johan Flygare and Sandra Capellera. Eight days. That's how long it takes for skin cells to reprogram into red blood cells. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, together with colleagues at Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona, have successfully identified the four genetic keys that unlock the genetic code of skin cells and reprogram them to start producing red blood cells instead.