Umbilical Cord Blood As A Readily Available Source For Off-the-shelf, Patient-specific Stem Cells
Friday, October 2, 2009 - 10:14
in Biology & Nature
Umbilical cord blood cells can successfully be reprogrammed to function like embryonic stem cells, setting the basis for the creation of a comprehensive bank of tissue-matched, cord blood-derived induced pluripotent stem cells for off-the-shelf applications, researchers report.
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