Scientists successfully reprogram blood cells
Monday, November 9, 2009 - 16:07
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have transplanted genetically modified hematopoietic stem cells into mice so that their developing red blood cells produce a critical lysosomal enzyme -preventing or reducing organ and central nervous system damage from the often-fatal genetic disorder Hurler's syndrome.
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