Scientists turn skin cells directly into blood cells, bypassing middle pluripotent step
Sunday, November 7, 2010 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have discovered how to make human blood from adult human skin. The discovery could mean that in the foreseeable future people needing blood for surgery, cancer treatment or treatment of other blood conditions like anemia will be able to have blood created from a patch of their own skin to provide transfusions.