Scientists develop human stem cell line containing sickle cell anaemia mutation

Friday, May 30, 2008 - 13:21 in Biology & Nature

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have established a human cell-based system for studying sickle cell anaemia by reprogramming somatic cells to an embryonic stem cell like state. Publishing online in Stem Cells on 29 May, the team describes a faster and more efficient method of reprogramming cells that might speed the development of stem cell therapies...

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