Researchers successfully perform first injection of cultured red blood cells in human donor

Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 18:30 in Health & Medicine

For the first time, researchers have successfully injected cultured red blood cells (cRBCs) created from human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) into a human donor. As the global need for blood continues to increase while the number of blood donors is decreasing, these study results provide hope that one day patients in need of a blood transfusion might become their own donors.

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