Out of body experience for stem cells may lead to more successful transplants
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
New research finds that growing blood stem cells in the laboratory for about a week may help to overcome one of the most difficult roadblocks to successful transplantation, immune rejection. The study, published by Cell Press in the August issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, may lead to more promising therapeutic strategies for transplanting blood stem cells.